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Pen recorders and phone records
> I am confused about the necessity for this if the phone companies routinely
> record this information anyway. Is this just an archaic and obsolete
> terminology, and what really happens is that the phone company will give
> already-existing phone records to authorized officials?
Hal, I'm not sure, but a pen register would record all dialing codes
(touch tone), not just those used to make the first leg of the call.
Voicemail, multihop calls, etc come to mind.
Eric Blossom