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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 15:07:52 CST
- From: sisklb@Texaco.COM (Linden B. Sisk)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Organization Warns Lawyers Against Using Cellular Phones
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- Kevin C. Castner (kevinc@ups.com) wrote:
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- > My understanding is that it is illegal to scan the frequencies used by
- > the cellular carriers (or at least against FCC reqs), as well as the
- > frequencies used by cordless phones (49.7 MHz, but don't quote me on
- > that).
-
- It is NOT illegal to monitor the 49 MHz frequencies used by cordless
- phones. In fact, the Internal Revenue Service has publically
- announced that it is their policy to do precisely that, in order to
- secure information for use in tax fraud cases. One should assume that
- anything one says on a cordless phone is being monitored, by your
- neighbors if not by anyone else. There is NO security on a cordless
- phone.
-
-
- Linden B. (Lindy) Sisk | Voice: +1-713-432-3294 Ham: AK5N
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