Technical Glitch
I was reading an old novel ... The plot was based on the background of 80's or before ...It was a crime thriller , and the turning point of the whole thriller was a "Technical error" !!
You all probably remember that , before Mobile Phone , there used to be Land Telephones , through which people used to communicate with each other ... As the Telecommunication Technology was in it's primitive stage , many "Technical Errors" used to interrupt the service ...
One of such error was "Cross Connection"...
Well... As I never had any personal experience of this , so I can only try to understand and describe it as it was narrated in the Novel...
During a Phone Call between Two Caller through Land Telephone , sometimes some Third Party accidentally get access into the ongoing conversation ... Then it called as "Cross Connection" ...
As I am not a technical person , so I can't really say why this used to be happened !!
The closest thing I can relate to this , is "Wrong Number" !!!
As many times we get calles from unknown people and find out that it's nothing but a "Wrong Number"...
Though , many times , those "Wrong Number" calls look suspicious ... Like it was more of some kind of "Human Error (Preeplanned)" rather than a "Technical Error" !!
But anyway...
This idea of "Cross Connection" seems very interesting and dramatic to me (Though some may consider it as a serious Privacy issue) !!
Just imagine !!!
You and your Love , in the middle of an intimate passionate conversation over the phone , and suddenly you guys hear the sound of a deep breathing from an unknown unexpected source !!!!!
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I remember watching a few old movies where people after picking the receiver asked to someone to connect the call directly as "operator" instead of dialling the number by themselves !!!
I think what you have experienced , that was the typical cross connection...
You mean they were deliberately listening to people's personal convo !!!
Then that's ain't no Technical issue .. That's some serious Privacy issue
I think now I understand ... Why wassup users got soo upset recently , when they got the impression that wassup not going to provide them "end to end encryption" anymore ..
I bet one can say a human is curious by compulsion.
My profile has my confession recorded ...
I admit... I M Qurious !!!
It's been awhile since I heard that.. (smile)
Glad you liked it.
(lights up a cigarette)