Re: Do these cellular amplifiers work for all cellphones?

nospam <[email protected]> Sat, 09 Apr 2022 16:33:40 -0400
Newsgroups misc.phone.mobile.iphone,alt.cellular,uk.telecom.mobile
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <090420221633408291%[email protected]>
In article <[email protected]>, David Woolley
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Even the US makes it illegal to listen on cellular frequencies, even 
> though other frequencies, including the police, were open.

the ruling was originally a prohibition for selling a radio capable of
receiving analog cellular bands. scanner manufacturers disabled the
cellular bands, but it was trivial for the user to restore it.

> I don't think either country has changed its legislation to reflect that 
> cellular systems are now encrypted.

which has been broken.