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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
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Subject: Re: Listen to phone calls on your tvro
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Date: Wed, 11-Sep-85 06:15:37 EDT
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The way I heard it, what actually happened is that courts have ruled
that telco can track and deliver to authorized agencies the
numbers dialed on particular phones without a "wiretap" court
order.  This is considered to be about the same as a "mail watch"
where the post office keeps track of return addresses on mail
to a particular point.

In both cases, I suspect that only the particular entities specifically
authorized (i.e. telco and post office) have the appropriate permissions
for such activities--I doubt if the permissions extend to the
public at large.  I'm speculating on the details of this point,
so don't take this message as gospel.

--Lauren--