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From: wv@cbnews.att.com (william.e.duncan)
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Subject: Re: hacker = computer criminal
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Date: 4 Oct 90 15:28:21 GMT
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In article <20225:Oct319:48:5690@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>, brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
> 
> Sure, Stoll tapped a phone line---a phone line he was responsible for.
> The corporation makes videotapes of a hall in its own building. What's
> wrong with recording what goes on under your own roof?

Isn't recording a phone conversation without the other party's
knowledge of it illegal? One would have to determine whether
recording a "computer" conversation isn't illegal, also.

Bill Duncan
bill@picard.att.com