Yep. Takes me back. I thought I had privacy by stretching the cord from our kitchen into our front room to talk to my girlfriend. I'm sure my parents were checking in occasionally.... The phone was mounted in the kitchen with a really long cord - we could span across the dining room and into the master bedroom with it. Or head outside to the patio. ...
Nowadays, kids can download porn (or worse) on their phones and computers in the privacy of their own bedrooms.