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From: cirby@vaxb.acs.unt.edu ((C. Irby))
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: "Bad" backups
Message-ID: <1990Dec20.005548.43957@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
Date: 20 Dec 90 00:49:48 GMT
References: <1990Dec18.020803.2058@eff.org> <1990Dec18.021419.2214@eff.org> <1990Dec19.121253.43876@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> <1990Dec19.232250.12875@eff.org>
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In article <1990Dec19.232250.12875@eff.org>, mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes:
> In article <1990Dec19.121253.43876@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> cirby@vaxb.acs.unt.edu ((C. Irby)) writes:

>>I can sit down with a couple of hundred dollars worth of equipment
>>and an antenna and read everything scrolling down your terminal from 
>>*across the street*... why bother with entering the house?
> 
> What makes you certain that the data the government wants will be
> "scrolling down" the terminal? What if the data they want is on 
> a hard disk and is accessed irregularly?

In that case, they wouldn't see it- but if they are after some Evil Hacker
Person, that person would probably look in on their ill-gotten data from
time to time, and just getting a suspicious filename up on the screen
would be enough in the current atmosphere...

"Well, Your Honor, I observed the defendant in the process of his work,
and the file in question- foobar.lst- was listed in a directory on the
screen.  Acting promptly, I entered the house and confiscated the file
and the equipment in question."

Incidentally- isn't the current rule for radiated electronic signals
pretty loose?  Can the police (and Feds) listen in on computer signals
freely, just like a portable phone?  Or do they have to get a court
order?

-- 
C Irby      Internet: cirby@vaxa.acs.unt.edu      Bitnet: cirby@untvax 
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