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Subject: Re: I listen to cellular traffic on my VCR !
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Date: 27 Mar 91 22:36:10 GMT
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In article <970022@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com>, ahill@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Andy Hill) writes:
|> >I assume I'm probably not supposed to be listening to other people's 
|> > telephone calls.
|> >  
|> >
|> 
|> Maybe not ethically, but recent court cases (involving bugging/listening in
|> on cordless telephones) have essentially ruled that once it's been
|> broadcast onto the airwaves (as opposed to sent down a wire/cable), it's
|> fair game for reception.  Taking your typical scanner and listening in
|> on the neighbor's cordless phone is sure to give you voyeurs out there
|> hours of fun...
|> 
|>                 Andy Hill
|>                 LaserJets 'R' Us

what does that say for "listening in" on "cable" that's broadcast either
by conventional (on the air) means or from a satellite?  
-- 

	jy 
	young@alw.nih.gov