CES00661%UDACSVM.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Bob Rahe) (11/22/88)
>>>>> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 88 11:56:00 EST From: Ed Schwalenberg <Ed@ALDERAAN.SCRC.SYMBOLICS.COM> The ECPA supersedes the Communications Act of 1934 in this area. It prohibits the unauthorized reception of certain classes of radio transmission, particularly cellular telephone and encoded broadcasts like HBO. It specifically prohibits any ATTEMPT to decrypt encrypted communications. >>>>> Yes, that is an interesting law. It is generally viewed (IMHO) as a sop to overcome the initial worries of the cellular telephone industry over security of transmissions and the public's perception of the non-security. So they inserted clauses into the law which legislated it as being secure(!) Shades of Alice in Wonderland - words mean just what I legislate them to mean. Bob