Alan Bostick wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Michael Tighe SUN IMP wrote:
Bill Stewart writes:[snip] (Someone mentioned that they thought cordless phone intercepts weren't illegal the way cellular phone intercepts are. IANAL, but I recall that intercepting both was made illegal by the same legislation.) Of course, if the phone in question was a cell phone that happened to be stationary -- like a handheld phone in someone's back yard or in a restaurant or whatever, the question of the call jumping cells is moot.
Cell phone monitoring is illegal everywhere. Cordless phones are on a state-by-state basis (illegal in Calif.). The purpose of the legislation is so that when the feds etc. catch someone in a major violation (scanning businesses and selling competitive or security info, whatever), they have a statute to prosecute on.