House Reps Ban Wireless Decoding

[William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>]

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36401,00.html

by Declan McCullagh
3:30 p.m. May. 17, 2000 PDT

WASHINGTON -- Americans may no longer buy radio receivers that decode
PCS cellular or pager transmissions, a House panel said Wednesday.

The House Commerce Committee also voted to make it a crime to sell
electronic gadgets that can "decode encrypted radio transmissions for
the purposes of unauthorized interception."

The criminal penalties, which were attached to a tax harmonization
bill, expand existing law, which already bans the sale of devices that
can intercept analog cellular conversations.


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