-=> Quoting Andy Ulrich to Robert White <=-
 AU> I don't know if I should give any of the government pinhead's and
 AU> idea, but  as far as I know it is illegal to listen to cordless phone
 AU> freq's and  conversations but if they wanted to do some thing about it
 AU> they would have  made it illegal to have the freq's programed into a
 AU> scanner. You see they want  pacify those who wanted the scanner
 AU> enthusiast stopped but not enough to  put teeth in the law. So the
 AU> passed some more feel good legislation that made  bad law.
 
 RW> No, way it is not by any means illegal to listen to cordless phone
 RW> conversations, 
 AU> Thats still debated hotly here in the states. Some think if it's not
 AU> a state law it's not illegal, others say it falls under federal law.
 AU> Me, I don't know. Lets put it this way, all I have to do on my pro
 AU> 2042 is push Auto 5, hold down Enter and push clear and I'm in
 AU> compliance with the  law!
Well the law over here states that any information that is passed
via radio\sat communication in un-encrypted form can be freely
intercepted, but NOT used for personal gain in any way.
as cordless phone freqs are easily picked up, and little or no
security is enforced these freqs are not really policed at all
over here.
 RW> and as a matter of fact is not even against the law
 RW> (In Australia) to monitor Police\Ambulance\Fire Communications via
 RW> any Type of Radio transmission. However I am not certian about other
 RW> countries. 
 AU> In some state's its not illegal to have a scanner, but is to use it
 AU> in the  commission of a crime, say while robbing a bank you monitor
 AU> freq's used by the police to see if an alarm has been dropped. That is
 AU> a crime in my  opinion!
 AU> Funny though, Austrailia has certainly tightend up it gun laws in a
 AU> knee jerk  way, but not it's communication laws. Unlucky in one way,
 AU> lucky in another! 
Unfortunatley, there had to be something to blame and 1 person being
jailed was not enough punishment in the eyes of the community, so
they demanded that gun laws be stricter, (Only for law abiding citizens)
what i mean by this is anyone can go out and what they want when they
want if they have enough money.. Really, the only thing that has changed
is that now, regulations have been enforced on law abiding gun owners
which funnily enough do not go around mowing down everyone in sight!.
Regards,
      Robert White.
... I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere!
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