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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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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0019870F
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