ossito16
join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN
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| Receiving transmissions
Is there not a federal law that says citizens are allowed to receive any transmission. I have heard this argument be used in stated where radar detectors are illegal. People would try and use the fed law to get around state laws. If that is true then I can receive any wifi I want as long as I don't crack or decrypt. |
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N3OGH
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Philly burbs
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| said by ossito16  :Is there not a federal law that says citizens are allowed to receive any transmission. I'm pretty sure it's against Federal law to listen to listen to cell phone conversations, so that would put a hole in the "allowed to receive any transmission" theory.
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
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| said by N3OGH :said by ossito16 :Is there not a federal law that says citizens are allowed to receive any transmission. I'm pretty sure it's against Federal law to listen to listen to cell phone conversations, so that would put a hole in the "allowed to receive any transmission" theory. It's not illegal to listen to cell phones, only to record them for anything but personal use. If I record your cell phone conversation and then through it up on youtube then I'm in trouble. If I record your cell phone conversation for a personal chuckle at home, well then I'm just a strange person. |
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fiberguy
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1 edit | in other words, if you record it to distribute it, it's bad. If you record it for your self, it's ok? Or you should have said "as long as I don't get discovered"...
Recording as a 3rd party is wire tappings period.. no matter how you justify it. All states have at least a 1 part rule, about 10 or less have the 2-party rule. NONE have a 3rd party rule.
Tapping into conversations AND "recording" them 'for any purpose' is a ticket to being bubba's wife.
According to your post, it's ok as long as you don't get caught.
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Kearnstd
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| reply to ossito16
you can receive any radio transmission you want no law can stop you. weather or not the transmission is of any use is another story(most digital cell calls have some encryption, usless without the two phones making the said call).
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koolman2
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Anchorage, AK | reply to ossito16
Yes, that law exists. The problem comes when you have to send a signal back to the router in order to request a page. That's where you cross the line between receiving and accessing.
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hottboiinnc
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Cleveland, OH
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| reply to fiberguy
In Ohio its legal for you to record any phone convo you want as long as ONE party on the phone knows. So basically I could be talking to you and 2 other people on the phone, and as long as I would know (duh) I could record your convo under Ohio law. And in Ohio it protects me. Nothing else you could do- under our laws. |
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fiberguy
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join:2005-05-20 | In case anyone wants to know about recording laws:
»www.rcfp.org/taping/ |
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