From: Roger Williams <roger@coelacanth.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 15:04:59 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: [off-topic] roving wiretaps
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>>>>> Cerridwyn Llewyellyn <ceridwyn@wolfenet.com> writes:

  >> One should understand that monitoring cellular traffic is *much*
  >> more difficult than tapping a conventional phone...

  > I'd have to disagree on that point.  Monitoring cellular traffic
  > requires nothing more than a cellular phone, and some software
  > which enables you to follow calls through the cells, for a total
  > cost of about $500...

Agreed.  I know that this capability was available to organisations at
the level of the State Police over ten years ago, and has long been
available to anyone with a credit card and the ability to read the
adverts in the back of _Police Chief_ magazine...

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