In fact, the majority of cases involving the interception of cellular and cordless telephones were POLICE listening in on citizen's telephone calls. Althought there ARE technological fixes in place (digital cellular, and spread spectrum telephones), they dont always work.

Should the police be able to read your e-mail because they can pick up your electromagnetic radiotions or intercept the keystrokes from your wireless keyboard? If the question is simply techological, then the Supreme Court's decision last term prohibiting the use of Infrared devices to peer inside houses should have been reversed, with the court simply saying, "if you want privacy, rely on technology, not the law."

As a general rule, technology invades and does not create expectations of privacy. The law then steps in and says NO, despite the techological ability of others to see, hear or intercept, your expectation of privacy is reasonable, and the law will protect it.



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