The bill makes it a crime to possess or use an altered telecommunications instrument (such as a cellular telephone or scanning receiver) to obtain unauthorized access to telecommunications services (Sec. 9). This provision is intended to prevent the illegal use of cellular and other wireless communications services. Violations under this section face imprisonment for up to 15 years and a fine of up to $50,000.
Hmm.... Depending on how you read this, this can be a real can-o-worms. First off, does it outlaw ANY receiver covering 800 mhz? Second, consider software-only hacks to phones to monitor and collect ESN's, etc. Now you are raided by the Powers-that-Rule, but hit the scrooge-switch first so the phone forgets, & the evidence is gone. Will they then claim the fact the phone remembers nothing as evidence that it was altered? Or is erasing it "altering" too? And how about test-equipment? The kind the celldealer has. And if you modify it by replacing the power cord with a new one, or......