"Clay Olbon" writes:
If I'm not mistaken (and I've been known to be from time to time :-), cell phones are already encrypted between the phone and cell tower.
He's mistaken, at least for analog cellphones in the US - digital cellphones (just starting to come in now) may have some form of protection. Before a law was passed, it was easy and legal to listen in on cellphones on most scanners and many ham radio outfits (and even some UHF TVs). Now it's merely easy. It's kind of pathetic - I'm sure that the billions lost to cellular fraud far outweigh the value of crimes that the LEA groups have been able prevent by preserving their ability to illegally eavesdrop on cell calls without a warrant. Peter Trei trei@process.com (standard disclaimer applies) Peter Trei Senior Software Engineer Purveyor Development Team Process Software Corporation http://www.process.com trei@process.com