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To baffle wiretappers Ron Plunkett, proprietor of Canada's first across the-counter bug shop, demonstrates the telephone scrambler he sells for $850 a(...)
To baffle wiretappers Ron Plunkett, proprietor of Canada's first across the-counter bug shop, demonstrates the telephone scrambler he sells for $850 a(...)

To baffle wiretappers Ron Plunkett, proprietor of Canada's first across the-counter bug shop, demonstrates the telephone scrambler he sells for $850 a(...)

Date7/18/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: To baffle wiretappers Ron Plunkett; proprietor of Canada's first across the-counter bug shop; demonstrates the telephone scrambler he sells for $850 a pair. Tapped phone call can't be understood without unscrambler.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019870F
'Bugs' are sophisticated .... and tiny, like pen, lapel button
'Bugs' are sophisticated .... and tiny, like pen, lapel button
7/18/1968
An infinity bug is being installed on this phone
An infinity bug is being installed on this phone
7/18/1968
Wire-Tapping equipment and tape recorder allegedly used to eavesdrop on telephone lines of International Chemical Workers strike headquarters are exam(...)
Wire-Tapping equipment and tape recorder allegedly used to eavesdrop on telephone lines of International Chemical Workers strike headquarters are exam(...)
10/9/1971
This wiretap equipment was used to tap telephone calls to their strike headquarters, members of Local 688, United Chemical Workers, say. They claim s(...)
This wiretap equipment was used to tap telephone calls to their strike headquarters, members of Local 688, United Chemical Workers, say. They claim s(...)
10/11/1971
Brian Gray: Owner of a store that presents and sells newly invented items demonstrates the kindling splitter, Invented by Diana Richer of Oshawa.
Brian Gray: Owner of a store that presents and sells newly invented items demonstrates the kindling splitter, Invented by Diana Richer of Oshawa.
12/20/1990
Jazz greats honor cole. The man they came to honor at Casa Loma last night, Doug Cole danced the jitter bug with his Dorian. It was the first annual Doug Cole Jazz Scholarship Evening which Canada's jazz greats honored the proprietor of local jazz clubs.
Jazz greats honor cole. The man they came to honor at Casa Loma last night, Doug Cole danced the jitter bug with his Dorian. It was the first annual Doug Cole Jazz Scholarship Evening which Canada's jazz greats honored the proprietor of local jazz clubs.
9/21/1978
Listening Device, and place it was found in window well in alley beside union headquarters, are shown by union president Terry Ribeca as Antonia Saxida watches
Listening Device, and place it was found in window well in alley beside union headquarters, are shown by union president Terry Ribeca as Antonia Saxida watches
10/13/1971
Surveyance devices: A wiretap project costs, on average, more than $100,000 for a 60-day investigation
Surveyance devices: A wiretap project costs, on average, more than $100,000 for a 60-day investigation
7/18/1968
Harnett
Harnett
8/24/1968
Conference rooms of many large corporations are regularly swept by electronic experts to uncover eavesdropping devices before confidential meetings ar(...)
Conference rooms of many large corporations are regularly swept by electronic experts to uncover eavesdropping devices before confidential meetings ar(...)
7/18/1968
Wrist watch, It's also a microphone
Wrist watch, It's also a microphone
7/18/1968
Talk shopping: At a Bell Canada Phonecentre Suzane Edwards shows that her employer sells and rents numerous types of exotic telephones
Talk shopping: At a Bell Canada Phonecentre Suzane Edwards shows that her employer sells and rents numerous types of exotic telephones
5/21/1982