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Not just inevitable, but it already happened. In 1992 the US Government banned people from receiving radio in certain 800MHz bands, because someone listened in
by dwyerm 8y ago
Not 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