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Re: [off-topic] roving wiretaps
>>>>> Cerridwyn Llewyellyn <[email protected]> writes:
>> One should understand that monitoring cellular traffic is *much*
>> more difficult than tapping a conventional phone...
> I'd have to disagree on that point. Monitoring cellular traffic
> requires nothing more than a cellular phone, and some software
> which enables you to follow calls through the cells, for a total
> cost of about $500...
Agreed. I know that this capability was available to organisations at
the level of the State Police over ten years ago, and has long been
available to anyone with a credit card and the ability to read the
adverts in the back of _Police Chief_ magazine...
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