lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (08/09/84)
Actually, the "footprint" of a broadcast isn't the issue--the intended audience IS. For example, listening in on telephone conversations off of a communications satellite (even though the satellite has a very broad footprint) is considered, from a legal standpoint, to be wiretapping. --Lauren--
ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward) (08/14/84)
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I seem to remember a discussion awhile back about someone who overheard
a dope deal made over a cordless phone and reported it to the police.
The consensus seemed to be that because the conversation was being
broadcast, it was not wiretapping to listen in. How is this different
from listening in to phone conversations "broadcast" from a satellite?
No question of intended reciever was allowed in the dope deal case.
Sounds to me like there's a different standard for the guys the government
likes and the guys the government doesn't like.
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