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Subject: Re: AT&T Cordless Phones, Security, Flexible Antennas
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In article <16506@accuvax.nwu.edu>, barefoot@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Heath
Roberts) writes:

> Cordless conversations are definitely legal to
> receive (cellular too, but law enforcement can't use information from
> cell telephones without a warrant).

When did it become legal to monitor cellular phone calls?  I know that
cordless phones are legal, but I thought the Electronic Communications
Privacy Act put this in the same class as wiretapping.


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