NODE 525a4120Re: Digital Telephony Bill 1994 (Draft)
koontzd@lrcs.loral.com (David Koontz )Wed, 23 Feb 94 17:36:02 PST
> (3) Penalties for monitoring radio communications that are not
>scrambled, encrypted, or non-public.
> Section 2511(4)(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
>deleting the phrase "or encrypted, then--" and inserting the following:
> ", encrypted, or transmitted using modulation techniques whose
>essential parameters have been withheld from the public with the intention
>essential parameters have been withheld from the public with the intention
>of preserving the privacy or such communication, then--".
Is this meant to say it is okay to monitor encrypted communications?
NODE 8337914dRe: Digital Telephony Bill 1994 (Draft)
Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>Wed, 23 Feb 94 17:37:26 PST
David Koontz writes:
> > (3) Penalties for monitoring radio communications that are not
> >scrambled, encrypted, or non-public.
> > Section 2511(4)(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
> >deleting the phrase "or encrypted, then--" and inserting the following:
> > ", encrypted, or transmitted using modulation techniques whose
> >essential parameters have been withheld from the public with the intention
> >essential parameters have been withheld from the public with the intention
> >of preserving the privacy or such communication, then--".
>
> Is this meant to say it is okay to monitor encrypted communications?
No. Encrypted communications are still as protected as they ever were.
--Mike