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- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 22:47 PDT
- From: jpp@StarConn.com (John Pettitt)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Monitoring Radio Broadcasts in England
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 671, Message 4 of 9
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- In a recent Digest Mr. Chew asks if it is legal to monitor radio
- conversations in the UK. The answer is NO. What is more should you
- accidentally hear somebody elses conversation divulging the content is
- also illegal. The Wireless Telegraphy Act(s) (there are several I
- believe) prohibit doing just about anything in this area (unless you
- are GCHQ the UK equivilent of the NSA :-)
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- Now in practice I have never come across anybody who has been
- prosecuted under the WT act. (I was arrested once for having a CB
- radio but that is another story :-).
-
- [I wonder the reference to GCHQ and NSA will cause this post to be read
- in those organisations - I you are a spook reading this why not send me
- some mail and say hi :-) :-) :-) ]
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- John Pettitt jpp@starconn.com
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