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to: PETER KIRK
from: MARTIN NIEMEYER
date: 1996-12-17 19:51:00
subject: CORDLESSPHONES

On (16 Dec 96) Peter Kirk wrote to Bill Funk...
 PK> On , Bill Funk wrote to Bruce Clark :
 BF> We need to keep up with the times.  The ECPA has been ammended
 BF> (again), and now cordless phones are as protected as cell
 BF> phones.  It's illegal to MONITOR them.  That means, you aren't
 BF> allowed to listen.  It's no longer just a case of you can
 BF> listen but not take any actions on what you might hear.
BF>  Again:
BF>         IT'S ILLEGAL (BY THE ECPA) TO LISTEN TO CORDLESS PHONES.
BF> Bill Funk
BF> ... Did I make myself clear? Good, tell me what I said
 PK> WRONG AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
 PK> AS OF JAN 1996AD THEY DECIDED SINCE PEOPLE SCAN BETWEEN 40-50 MHZ FOR
 PK> FIRE/POLICE/EMS... THAT THEY COULD NO LONGER HAVE A LAW AGAINST THE
 PK> ORIG CORD PHONES... THE PRIVACY ACT NO LONGER APPLIES!!!!!!!  ALL NEW
 PK> CELL PHONES ARE NOW DIGITAL NOT ANALOG.... SAME WITH THE NEW CORDLESS
 PK> PHONES...
 PK> THE FCC HAS REMOVED THE PREV LAW BECAUSE OF THIS......
Could you please supply us with the number of this law so that we
can research it?
Martin
... I am not young enough to know everything.
--- PPoint 2.02
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