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In a previous article, ericb@hplsla.hp.com (Eric Backus) says:

>> Patrick W. P. Dirks writes:
>> 
>> As other posters have pointed out, monitoring cordless phone links is *NOT*
>> illegal in the US.  I believe monitoring cellular phone calls is not
>> against the law, either, except that you cannot disclose the contents of
>> anything you monitor or use it for your own gain.  Congress recently passed
>> a bill that prohibits the sale of scanners that can receive (or be "easily
>> modified to receive") the 800 MHz cellular band.  That doesn't make
>> listening illegal, however, and doesn't remove existing scanners from the
>> market.
>
>You are correct that it is legal to monitor cordless phones in the US.
>You may not disclose what you hear or use it for gain, which is true
>of most things that you can legally monitor in the US.

	True.  But According to a previous posting, it was pointed out,
that monitoring an unscrambled cordless phone conversation and possibly using
that conversation against the party could be held up in Court.  But, monitoring
a scrambled and decoding the conversation is a Felony and not likely to be
addmitted in Court.  I thought, therein, lies the difference! Yes, privacy
is important, but more so, protection in case of... was another problem.
So, it is right, the wired line is best preferred in conversations of
outmost privacy, but now as I understand it, a Cordless phone with a scrambling
feature of one's voice provides some, small, but significant advantages over
non-scrambled voice communication. Is is worth the extra $20?  I think so.
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Dan Frezza
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