John says:
Wireless is a horse of a different color. IANAL but
the last time I looked, there was no federal law
against intercepting most wireless signals, but you
were (generally) not allowed to disclose the contents
to anyone else.
No longer, if it ever was. It's a crime, as evidenced by the
Will Rodger wrote:
John says:
Wireless is a horse of a different color. IANAL but
the last time I looked, there was no federal law
against intercepting most wireless signals, but you
were (generally) not allowed to disclose the contents
to anyone else.
No longer, if it ever was. It's a
John says:
Next time, before disagreeing with someone:
a) Please read what he actually wrote, and
b) Don't quote snippets out of context.
Three sentences later, at the end of the paragraph that
began as quoted above, I explicitly pointed out that
cellphone transmissions are a more-protected
At 02:30 PM 3/5/2003 -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
From: Somebody
Technically, since their signal speed is slower than light, even
transmission lines act as storage devices.
Wire tapping is now legal.
The crucial difference, from a law enforcement perspective, is how hard
it is to get the
At 01:39 PM 2/27/2003 -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
At 9:01 AM -0500 on 2/27/03, BNA Highlights wrote:
WIRETAP ACT DOES NOT COVER MESSAGE 'IN STORAGE' FOR SHORT
PERIOD
BNA's Electronic Commerce Law Report reports that a
federal court in Massachusetts has ruled that the federal
Wiretap Act