[blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

20 years later, I have to assume they are better. And I think it depends
on the type you purchase. We have one that isn't an analogue monitor,
which I think makes it less likely to pick up other waves out there and
vice versus. The big thing nowadays is monitors with night-vision
cameras and doo-dads that alert when baby cries, doesn't move for a
period of time, etc. I've seen monitors for upwards of $500, and I'm
sure more expensive devices exist. I have to assume, though we all know
the saying here, grin, that todays monitors don't air you and your baby,
but again, it probably depends on the monitor itself. Honestly, I didn't
even think about this until you brought it up. Like Erin, we only use it
for bedtime and naps, but I may research this.

Bridgit
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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 11:27:21 -0600
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So now I have a question about baby monitors, way back when, I'm talking
20 years ago, baby monitors like most cordless phones were an open
invitation for crooks to listen into your homes. If you had a police
scanner, which we always have, seriously, you could hear peeps talking
in their homes.  
And I'm saying, you could hear word for word what they said and if they
said they were leaving for the day, or what ever.  The same with
cordless phones. At least with these, you really didn't have a clue who
these peeps were but with the baby monitors, you had to be fairly close
to them for the scanners to work.

So do you suppose they make them better these days, so nosey peeps like
me cannot listen in.

After I found out this, I refused to own one.

We don't have a scanner for that reason, it's a hobby, listening to
planes and stuff, the baby monitor stuff we discovered by accident while
we were at a friends house.  V