[off-topic] roving wiretaps

Roger Williams roger at coelacanth.com
Sat Aug 3 00:04:59 PDT 1996


>>>>> Cerridwyn Llewyellyn <ceridwyn at wolfenet.com> writes:

  >> One should understand that monitoring cellular traffic is *much*
  >> more difficult than tapping a conventional phone...

  > I'd have to disagree on that point.  Monitoring cellular traffic
  > requires nothing more than a cellular phone, and some software
  > which enables you to follow calls through the cells, for a total
  > cost of about $500...

Agreed.  I know that this capability was available to organisations at
the level of the State Police over ten years ago, and has long been
available to anyone with a credit card and the ability to read the
adverts in the back of _Police Chief_ magazine...

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