On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 03:46:16 GMT, "Paul Keenleyside"
wrote:


"steelguitar" wrote in message
link.net...
Hi

My friend has an unblocked scanner and can only hear one side of the
conversation (cell). Yes, he is listening to the base, not the mobile
frequencies. He says he thinks he is hearing the land line side of the
conversation only because he will hear a tech support guy or a business
talking at times.

What can I tell him?

It's illegal.

He was asking about the technology which effectively put an end to
cellular monitoring, not about the law, which did not do anything
meaningful to stop the practice of cellular monitoring.

Every time someone brings up cellular monitoring, or file trading,
some twit just has to pipe in with, "b-b-b-but that's illegal!
sniffle". Why do you ninnies think anyone cares about laws,
against harmless activities, the violation of which is nearly
impossible to detect?