USA: Whatever happened to the 'Secrecy of Communications Act'?
When I worked for Ma Bell (that should date it
), The act allowed us to listen on a line
just long enough to determine if it was
in use, If so, we had to disconnect immediatly.
Period.
You were not allowed to repeat anything you may have heard during that time.
Actually, this last technically applied to any 2-way radio transmission (even though anyone could intercept it) if it was not an 'All Stations' call.
So How are these 'net police' monitoring traffic without getting a warrant to monitor a Named individual? (My name is not 'John Doe')