Mass-market crypto phones

Lucky Green shamrock at netcom.com
Fri Nov 22 10:41:08 PST 1996


On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Peter Trei wrote:
> 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.

The LEA's are not intested in saving the public money. They are 
interested in preserving and expanding their power. If it costs 
$1,000,000 per wiretap, who cares? The government has men with guns that 
can always go out and extort more cash from the population.

--Lucky






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