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Originally Posted by baddog
Well, for legal wiretaps they do.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
shoot twice...I don't think our govt. agencies follow the law.
The "law" seems to only exist to put citizens in jail.  |
Land lines and cell phones are 2 different things.
For land line telephones the majority of the laws that protect against a wire tap without a warrant were established long before the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
For cell phones and other digital communications a provision 18 U.S.C. § 3121 within the Electronic Communications Privacy Act permits government agencies to collect data without a warrant subject to limitations.
ie: They're allowed everything except the actual content of the communication.
Henceforth if you want maximum privacy then use and old fashion land line telephone that's plugged into the wall of your home and only call other land line telephones. But don't take my word for it and do your own research.