The all to famous Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986 mad an attempt to stop the interception of analog cellular, but it was not until 1992 when the Telecommunications Disclosure & Dispute Resolution Act (TCDDRA) was passed by congress that Cellular scanning was really killed. The TCDDRA preventes new scanners from being made or imported that are cellular capable. In addition the 1994, Digital Telephony Bill increased the restrictions and also added cordless phones.

I don’t think it will be to long before the laws are amended to make scanning 802.11 a violation. Personally I feel, if I am in my private space and somebody is sending me information, I have the right to listen to it. Now if they have taken the time to Encrypt it that is another story.



Bish

There is a lot of information
just floating around out there,
it is just a matter of knowing
how to listen to it.