From: "Sarah L. Green" <greens@hiwaay.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:56:34 -0800 (PST)
To: Chip Mefford <chip@avwashington.com>
Subject: Telecomm Act Reference (Was Re: Newt's phone calls)
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>From Damien Thorn's 'A CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS PRIMER'
(at http://www.l0pht.com/~drwho/cell/texts/thorn1192.txt)

To calm fears that cellular calls were not private, the cellular
industry lobbied congress into passing legislation known today as the
Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986 which makes it a crime
to monitor cellular phone calls and a host of other transmissions like
digital pagers.  This law is used by cellular equipment dealers and 
service providers to reassure customers that their conversations will 
remain private.


Sarah.
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Sarah L. Green          Hey, I never claimed to be                >>osprey<<
Madison, AL  (USA)        a genius  nor a typist           greens@hiwaay.net 
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