of course not ... as a matter of fact I , personally , used to
really like monitoring MDT and pagers , just to mention a few (
ricochet , mobitex .etc ) ....back when you could monitor those
.... and I liked keeping an eye on government which ( I believe )
should have civilian oversight. " keeping an eye on the boys helps
keep us in line. "
I kinda liked the way you could run the software ( and a scanner
) and go away and come back later and see what was happening.
used to see some pretty interesting stuff ..from time to time....
never thought anything was wrong with it , back when.

BUT ..... times and circumstances have changed. now the theme
( they harp on and on and on ) is terrorism and homeland security.
lots of government types like to believe that access to MDT ,
cellular , certain types of pagers etc ..are potential threats to
national security ... that the only people that would want access
to those types of signals are the " bad guys " or terrorists. that
average citizens understand that the " national good " out weighs
their own personal interests , in times like this. ( sound kinda nazi
to you ? does to me !! ) we all know that this is probably a lota
bull larkey ...but ...oh well ..........

phreaking / carding ( untraceable free calls ) , cellular phone
hacking , police / mdt eavesdropping , computer viruses etc ..are
NOW seen as activities that only criminal types or terrorists would
want to do ... ALL potentially damaging to national security. I
don't necessarily agree with it all myself ( at least not to the
degree of potential danger that " some " people seem to see
the sky is falling , the sky is falling , ie" cl " ) but no one
asks for my input on these subjects ... just " this is the way it is
, go deal with it " ...." .... oh well ... times sure have
changed.

thats progress for you ...... ha ha aaahahahahaa

k.......




On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 19:34:01 GMT, krackula wrote:



Are you a lawyer, or do you just play one on the Net??





it's got nothing to do with me personally .... ( I don't give a
rats a$% about it ) but I do have to sit in monthly meetings (
at work ) and listen to all this " rules and regulations " crap ....
which no one pays any attention to anyway. ( in the government ...
unless it suits them )

what I'm quoting is the current Federal interpretation of things ...
( seems to change monthly ) .... doesn't matter what you , or I,
or anyone else thinks it should be or is ( in reality ) it ONLY
matters what THEY think it means. they don't give a crap about
your or mine views about it. ( which you'll find out if you end up
with them in your face ) get over it ........ it's all just
political junk . ( when was the last time you ever heard of someone
getting busted for listening to cellfones or monitoring pagers ?
the " scanner police " are NOT going to come and bust down your
door while you are listening to cellular conversations , even if
it IS illegal !!! )

you probably voted the sapsuckers in there ... so it's YOUR fault
things got this way in the first place. ( thanks to your buddy
Newt ) h ah aha ha ha ahhaaa a



k..................