, 2002-04-22
Those cheap wireless video cameras hawked by annoying pop-up ads can be intercepted by anyone with a few hundred dollars and a voyeristic bent. There's no federal law against it, but there should be.
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Here we go again -- trying to plug a security hole with legislation instead of technology
2002-04-22
Anonymous (2 replies)
Anonymous (2 replies)
Here we go again -- trying to plug a security hole with legislation instead of technology
2002-04-23
Anonymous
Anonymous
Here we go again -- trying to plug a security hole with legislation instead of technology
2002-04-23
Mark Rasch (2 replies)
Mark Rasch (2 replies)
Here we go again -- trying to plug a security hole with legislation instead of technology
2002-04-24
Anonymous
Anonymous
Closing the Spycam Sniffer Loophole
2002-04-22
Anonymous (2 replies)
Anonymous (2 replies)
"I am troubled by the assertion that there is a right to engage in electronic eavesdropping that is being ingringed by Title III. In the absense of a statutory prohibition, not only would hackers be entitled to intercept your video, cell phone and email, but the police would be too!"
I think either you missed the point or may not be aware of a few things. I don't believe the poster was saying that they had a right to engage in it. It's that legislation is a very poor way of plugging security holes. Entitled or not, Hackers (and yes, police.), as well as regular citizens with a little time and less scruples are going to still do it. And they do. Often.
You brought up cordless phones in your article. Now, everyone knows with a scanner you can purchase from radio shack, you can listen in to the 43-50 Mhz telephones. It's illegal to do so, but it didn't stop them. Nor did it stop them from modifying th
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