Micro wrote:

I am not making use of nor divulging any information.

Do you have a link or something to what you're talking about? This
last guy? I heard about one in Ottawa broadcasting cell phones, which
was apparently legal but I don't know.


I don't know what happened to him, I just know that the site suddenly
vanished once the media heard about it.

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THE CANADIAN FEDERAL CRIMINAL CODE
(Like all legal documents it is far too extensive to fully quote in an
e-mail; these are just basics. I suggest you might spend a little time
and read the sections on privacy, which is where the interception of
private radio communications offences are detailed - it is available in
libraries or on line.
Note that this is the Criminal Code, not Radio Regulations and that
there are no exemptions for encrypted communications).



Section 184 (1) Everyone who, by means of any electro-magnetic,
acoustic, mechanical or other device, wilfully intercepts a private
communication is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to
imprisonment
for a term not exceeding five years.

Section 193 (1) provides for a two year sentence for disclosing the
content,
or even the existence, of an intercepted communication.

Section 193.1 (1) specifically applies the above to radio-based
telephone
communications.

Section 194.1 (1) permits a court to order payment of up to five
thousand
dollars as punitive damages to a person whose communications were
intercepted.

This law has been in effect for more than 20 years.

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I was surprised when this was bought to my attention a few years back,
and just thought you should be aware of it since you ask on your web
page for comments about legality - I'll leave your request for comments
on morality to others.

Dave