http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36401,00.html House Reps Ban Wireless Decoding by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3:30 p.m. May. 17, 2000 PDT WASHINGTON -- Americans may no longer buy radio receivers that decode PCS cellular or pager transmissions, a House panel said Wednesday. The House Commerce Committee also voted to make it a crime to sell electronic gadgets that can "decode encrypted radio transmissions for the purposes of unauthorized interception." The criminal penalties, which were attached to a tax harmonization bill, expand existing law, which already bans the sale of devices that can intercept analog cellular conversations. [...]
