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1997-01-15 - Re: Newt’s phone calls

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From: Brian Lane <nexus@eskimo.com>
To: Eric Blossom <eb@comsec.com>
Message Hash: 80e43846445dccd4630a9ff2f73fd0aa2d61d99ebd8b6be608a82e0079467d02
Message ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970115075206.2682D-100000@fozzy.islet.com>
Reply To: <199701150158.RAA25901@comsec.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-01-15 15:55:11 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 07:55:11 -0800 (PST)

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From: Brian Lane <nexus@eskimo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 07:55:11 -0800 (PST)
To: Eric Blossom <eb@comsec.com>
Subject: Re: Newt's phone calls
In-Reply-To: <199701150158.RAA25901@comsec.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970115075206.2682D-100000@fozzy.islet.com>
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On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Eric Blossom wrote:

> > Eavesdropping on cellphones is illegal, since there's an expectation of
> > privacy.
> 
> Ummm,  Eavesdropping on cellphones is illegal, because it's illegal.
> See the Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA).  Since when does
> anybody talking on a *radio* have an expectation of privacy?
> 

  Correct. And before they passed their law a few years ago it was only
illegal to disclose the contents of any conversation overheard, not
illegal to listen to it (which is the way it should have stayed, but the
cellphone companies found it cheaper to get a law passed instead of
securing their network).

  Brian

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