Cellular privacy enhanced, says Bell.Cellular privacy enhanced, says Bell A service which enhances the security of cellular conversations from interception or scanning by third parties was introduced by Bell Cellular last month. Privacy Plus was designed to ensure privacy for subscribers requiring complete confidentiality during transmissions. Bell identifies these people as law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). , defence industry officials and senior executives of corporations. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bell Cellular, because cellular technology operates via radio frequencies, eaves-dropping, although difficult for any length of time due to the continuing changes in frequencies involved in cellular conversations, is possible utilizing sophisticated scanners. Bell Cellular claims that with Privacy Plus a scrambler A device or software program that encrypts data for security purposes. See scramble. is connected to a user's phone and, when a call is placed, the device automatically scrambles Scrambles is a game often played in British schools. Someone shouts "Scrambles!" and throws something (like sweets or money) into a crowd. The first person to retrieve the item wins it. the call. It descrambles it at a central switching facility before routing the call to the receiver. According to a representative with the Cellular Centre in Sudbury, a call scrambled scram·ble v. scram·bled, scram·bling, scram·bles v.intr. 1. To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees. 2. by an EPU EPU Energy Processing Unit EPU Economic Planning Unit (Malaysia) EPU E Pluribus Unum EPU European Payments Union (organization formed after WWII) EPU Emergency Power Unit can be received by a cellular phone which is not EPU-equipped. However, in this case, only the caller's signal would be scrambled. The device, known as the Enhanced Privacy Unit (EPU), and the service work with all in-car or portable cellular phones. The EPU was co-developed over the past two years by Bell Cellular and Cycomm Corporation, a division of Vancouver- based Sonatel Telecommunications Corporation. The cost of the service is approximately $90 per month and will be available to subscribers sometime in mid-July. |
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