[Spooks] censorship

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If I'm not mistaken, it is okay to sell or own 800 MHz scanners in USA,
but the FCC won't approve newly manufactured 800 MHz scanners anymore.
Listening to cell or cordless phones or any private conversations for
that matter is illegal in USA.

In Canada it is okay to listen to 800 MHz cell phones conversations,
as long as you do not repeat what you hear. The fun part is that most
new scanners are imported from USA, so you'll find 800 MHz blocked
scanners even if it is legal in Canada.

In fact the CRTC (the folks regulating freqs in Canada) think that
anything floating in the air is public domain. So they think it is
the responsibility of the transmitters to protect their private
conversations. Decoding digital Tx is okay in Canada, but I think
breaking a propriatary crypto, including numbers stations, would
fall in the big no-no category.

"cgross@erols.com" wrote:
> 
> If that's the case, then Radio Shack (which sells 800 MHz scanners) is
> breaking the law! Help! Police!  :-)
> 
> Chris Gross