GSM - A5 Strength

[Alan Burkitt-Gray]

> 
Brian Gladman wrote....
> 
> ...if I tap a phone line I presume I am doing something illegal.  Is
> this also true if I capture a GSM radio transmission and decrypt it?
> 
> 
As far as I recall you're breaking the Wireless Telegraphy Act (1948 I
think, but there might be a more recent one) if you're receiving ANY radio
transmissions you're not licensed to receive.
Alan B-G

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