Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!desnoyer
From: desnoyer@Apple.COM (Peter Desnoyers)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Computer Virus Hearings
Message-ID: <32205@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 2 Jun 89 17:06:41 GMT
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <729@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
> [illegality of receiving cellular phone calls]
>
>I have no qualms about someone wanting to protect their information. But if
>they are using radio, they should take precautions to encode the information to
>keep it private, not make it illegal to listen. First, that doesn't stop anyone
>who wants to listen from listening. It just lulls them into thinking that just
>because it's illegal to listen in that no one will do it. The information is
>still unscrambled and out there for anyone to listen to. 

I was recently at an event billed as an "art performance" where the
sound system - during idle periods - was playing a mixture of odd
music such as marches and bagpipes, and telephone calls. From the
instructions an operator gave at one point, I believe the calls were
cellular phone calls being "illegally" tapped. Not exactly what the
caller intended when they dialed...

				Peter Desnoyers