quoted 3 lines This is essentially US law, but there are a couple of refinements.> This is essentially US law, but there are a couple of refinements.
> A lot of old scanners belong to members of the public and I believe
> that they were grandfathered in, i.e. not confiscated.
Yes.
quoted 2 lines It is now> It is now
> illegal to manufacture and sell scanners.
This is a very broad statement. It is illegal to manufacture radios
capable of receiving the 800MHz band, to some extent based on how
difficult modifications are necessary in order to get around it.
After all, your FM radio, TV, etc., are all scanners to some extent.
There has been a lot of problems with the wording of the legistlature
surrounding this 800MHz reception ban... seems that the way it was
originally worded kinda included ALL devices capable of receiving the
cel band up in the 800MHz range since that did kinda include cel
phones themselves. ;)
quoted 6 lines To handle the situation> To handle the situation
> of the old scanners, it is legal for the owner to use them under
> some circumstances, but they can't legally share the information
> with anyone else. Basically with electronic communications, at the
> very least, you can't share it, but unless you are sure otherwise,
> don't even bother listening.
It has been illegal to eavesdrop on phone conversations
(without a permit of course ;) as a third party, cel phones included.
So by monitoring the 800MHz ban from day one it has been illegal, and
will remain so.
quoted 1 line and transaction codes. These safeguards had been endorsed by the EFF.> and transaction codes. These safeguards had been endorsed by the EFF.
Yeah, and Mitch Kapor was also named on the advisory committee for the
Clipper Chip, a fact which he denied when made public.