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At first I thought this comment was just funny, then I had the thought that it's actually plausible, then it hit me that it's not only plausible but inevitable.
by iliketosleep 8y ago
At first I thought this comment was just funny, then I had the thought that it's actually plausible, then it hit me that it's not only plausible but inevitable.
- dwyerm 8y agoNot just inevitable, but it already happened. In 1992 the US Government banned people from receiving radio in certain 800MHz bands, because someone listened in on a politicians analog cell phone call. I'll let RadioReference say it: "The motivation for this amendment had to do with an analog AMPS cellular telephone call into a political conference call made from Florida by now-incoming Speaker of the House John Boehner in which there was discussion of the ethics charges against then-speaker Newt Gingrich; a recording was made of the call and given to a Democratic Florida politician and whackiness ensued." The AMPS systems that were impacted have been shut down for more than a decade, but you still can't purchase a radio receiver without that 'Cellular Blocking' enabled. [1] https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Cell_blocked https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Cell_blocked
- philpem 8y agoPoliticians have something of a track record of exempting themselves from "security" laws...