From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 20:24:38 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Wiretap Operation Sheds Light on LAPD Tactics
In-Reply-To: <199812072323.AAA32006@replay.com>
Message-ID: <199812081158.GAA20172@mail1.panix.com>
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At 12:23 AM 12/8/98 +0100, Anonymous wrote:
>If it is Monday, December 7, 1998, you can go to
>http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/topstory.html and read about how
>Los Angeles police wiretapped a small cellular phone service provider
>because his policies were too helpful for drug dealers.  He didn't try
>hard enough to verify customer names, he sold cell phones with built in
>scramblers, he allowed customers to change phones and numbers easily.

So when are the cops going after Radio Shack, Sprint, Omnipoint, Bell
Atlantic, etc that sell card-fed phones in the New York area?

DCF