Elders Can Now Use Cell Phones for Confidential Talk?

leavingwt

Just heard that elders can now discuss confidential matters on cell phones.

Can anyone else confirm the veracity of this? Or, am I late to the party and this is old news?

creativhoney

there was an earlier post on this. a while back. Im not sure where but maybe someone can point you to it, i remember reading it xx

leavingwt

there was an earlier post on this. a while back. Im not sure where but maybe someone can point you to it, i remember reading it xx

Thanks. I guess I missed this one when it first surfaced.

blondie

As it it were safer in the days of landlines when elders' wives and children listened in.

leavingwt

As it it were safer in the days of landlines when elders' wives and children listened in.

Yeah it was a joke, for many.

jamiebowers

I missed it too. The sad fact is that elders shouldn't be handling anyone's personal life, whether it be on a cell phone, land line or in person.

Jim_TX

So-called 'landlines' are/were no more secure than cell phones.

I remember a few years ago, I had one of those older TV sets that had a UHF tuner that went up to channel 83 - or so.

I could tune it up to the upper channels and pick up folks in a small town just south of us - talking on their home phones - or 'landlines'. Unbeknownst to these folks, ma bell was putting their conversations onto the upper frequencies, and broadcasting them - to a remote receiver.

I was able to eavesdrop on these conversations - hearing personal details - but mostly gossip.

Of course - the folks in the WTBTS don't have enough knowledge about how the real world works to know that things like this happen every day - and so only pick on the portable phones - or cell phones.

The 'cell phones are okay' ruling may have changed about the time that all cell phones went digital, which would prevent many folks from eavesdropping with only a scanner.

Regards,

Jim TX

WTWizard

Why are they discussing private affairs in the first place? The hounders should not be discussing among other hounders this kind of material--which should be between those involved alone. As I see it, I don't have a problem with masturbation, fornication, stumbling others, "loose conduct", or "uncleanness". I have a big problem with hounders that think they need to root out every instance of the above from the flock.

sir82

Yeah, there was a BOE letter 2 or 3 years ao on this.

Basically, it gave the OK to use cell phones, even when calling the Society. The explanation was, in the old days (you know, the 1990's ) it was relatively easy to "eavesdrop" on a cel phone conversation, if you had the right equipment, but nowadays the technology is secure enough that it is not a concern.

Prior to that letter, if you called Bethel to talk to the Service Desk, the first question, before even asking for your name or congregation, was "are you talking on a cel phone?" If the answer was yes, they'd make you hang up and call back on a land line.

Elders Can Now Use Cell Phones for Confidential Talk?

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