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<div>Rob,</div>
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<div>At 4:46 PM -0400 9/28/15, Rob Seastrom wrote:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Richard Demaret
<ric.demaret@gmail.com> writes:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite> [...]phone's</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> > signal is not encrypted it
would be unsafe for sensitive financial<br>
> transactions either by voice or via the
Internet.</blockquote>
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Long story short, the calls are encrypted from the standpoint of<br>
anyone who has access to the outside plant, which is a lot better
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>you can say for traditional copper
pairs. <b> POTS is absolutely not safe</b></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>for sensitive discussions. I
don't do it and neither should you.</b><br>
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<div>Is DSL absolutely not safe if done over POTS, whether telco modem
is at a node or (DSLAM) in the local office?</div>
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<div>William</div>
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