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  1. security.stackexchange.com

    Since then, compatibility with existing hardware has been considered more valuable than protection against eavesdropping -- listening in on a PSTN conversation requires physical access to the wires involved, and is difficult for anybody other than the phone company to do.
  2. globalspec.com

    SS7 and Other ITU-T Signaling Security. Despite the fact that ITU-T signaling protocols prior to SS7 are notoriously insecure (see the sidebar on Blueboxing and the Phone Phreaking community earlier in the chapter), they continue to be deployed around the world along with older switching equipment that is vulnerable to toll fraud, eavesdropping, and other risks.
  3. techtarget.com

    Key virtues of PSTN include pristine quality, nearly 100% uptime, highly private and secure connections, and the ability to scale and support large volumes of traffic. VoIP is designed to work on a data network and, by its nature, cannot match the PSTN in these areas.
  4. tecsosolutions.com

    From this perspective, VoIP is no less secure than PSTN. In fact, thanks to encryption, VoIP can help you mitigate risk even more effectively than with PSTN. Additional PSTN Security Risks. Old phone systems brings other risks that are avoidable when using VoIP, such as: Old phone systems are seeing less and less development and support
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  6. netlinkvoice.com

    Jun 12, 2024June 12, 2024; By: Netlink Voice ... While the PSTN is considered a secure form of voice communication, the data transmitted is not encrypted. The lack of encryption means that PSTN calls could be intercepted and listened to by unauthorized parties with the right equipment and access. ... Yes, the PSTN is generally more expensive than VoIP for ...
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  1. Telephones are not encrypted because back in the late 1800s, when telephone systems were being developed, any sort of encryption was far beyond the capability of the hardware, even if it had been something that people would have thought important. Since then, compatibility with existing hardware has been considered more valuable than protection against eavesdropping -- listening in on a PSTN conversation requires physical access to the wires involved, and is difficult for anybody other than the phone company to do.

    That said, there are encryption-like devices for telephones known as scramblers, originally developed around the time of World War II. Modern scramblers are every bit as good as other encryption systems.

    --Mark

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