Finding store frequencies (Walmart, Baby Monitors, Malls, Drive Thru, ect.)

[gewecke]

I s'pose babies aren't involved but the monitors are still inside someone's home.

. Yes, not encrypted and legal to listen to irregardless. 73, n9zas

 

[KK4JUG]

And if the signal gets weak, you can always put your ear up against a glass against the wall.

 

[gewecke]

And if the signal gets weak, you can always put your ear up against a glass against the wall.

Care to explain that? 73, n9zas

 

[gewecke]

Most room monitors transmit can transmit a half mile or more, depending antenna height and location. They can also be modified into a simple repeater with a few parts. 73, n9zas

 

[SCPD]

If you read above, AGAIN baby monitors can be used for other purposes, such as room monitors or remote scanner monitors. Babys are not part of the reason for this thread. :wink: 73, n9zas

That's fine, but start hearing baby sounds or people talking around them then it's very different. I used one when I only had a base scanner and not yet a portable. I don't care, listening to baby monitors that are using them for baby rooms and hearing the parents talking is just wrong and like I said creepy and sick. Anyone I know wanting to use one, get a quick lesson on who could be eavesdropping. It' kind of comparing people who like to run PDW to read pager traffic, which is illegal anyway.

Like you said using them for a short link for remote scanner or radio listening is a great idea. When hearing the sounds of baby's or family stuff, then move on.

 

[bill4long]

You're not understanding, and apparently it is beyond my ability to explain it in a way you can (or will) understand.

Simply put, the ECPA as amended in 1994 makes it illegal to monitor cordless phone frequencies unless it's your phone you are using.

The legal concept is that you have a reasonable expectation of privacy when using such devices which is why the law was passed in the first place.

I'm not saying I agree with the law, but it is the law that exists.

Reference: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-119

And I'm saying you are incorrect.

I cited specific statements to support my interpretation.

Merely citing the whole act as you are doing is not a citing specific statements.

Your attempt at literature bluffing is not working.

 

[KK4JUG]

I don't know about other states but this is the pertinent Georgia law. It doesn't say how you're not allowed to do it. It just says you can't do it.

O.C.G.A. 16-11-62 (2010)
16-11-62. Eavesdropping, surveillance, or intercepting communication which invades privacy of another; divulging private message


It shall be unlawful for:

(1) Any person in a clandestine manner intentionally to overhear, transmit, or record or attempt to overhear, transmit, or record the private conversation of another which shall originate in any private place;

 

[KK4JUG]

Sure is quiet now.

 

[gewecke]

Sure is quiet now.

yep, probably because no one feels like arguing with you. Federal law is just that, the law. Whether you misinterpret what it means or not, the rest of us don't seem to have any problem understanding it. Listening to cordless phones is illegal, room monitors are not. Enough said. :roll: 73, n9zas

 

[bill4long]

Sure is quiet now.

States can have their own laws about such things in addition to federal law.

I didn't see anyone arguing against that.

 

[KK4JUG]

Listening to cordless phones is illegal, room monitors are not. Enough said. :roll: 73, n9zas

Any conversations in a home are considered private, just as private as cordless phone conversations.

 

[gewecke]

Any conversations in a home are considered private, just as private as cordless phone conversations.

. READ the notations in the owners manuals to any room monitor, " There is no expectation of privacy when using those devices" and there certainly is NOT. These devices are used at your own discretion with NO legal protection. Wireless/ cordless phones ARE federally protected by FEDERAL law, trumping anything Georgia might have in their statutes. I'm pretty certain that's easy to comprehend. 73, n9zas

 

[KK4JUG]

It has nothing to do with the monitor. It has to do with the what's being broadcast on the monitor that's taking place inside the home and the state has the authority to protect that.

 

[gewecke]

It has nothing to do with the monitor. It has to do with the what's being broadcast on the monitor that's taking place inside the home and the state has the authority to protect that.

Again, YOU are responsible for the decision to use that device or not. IF you do, YOU accept the FACT that you might be monitored by anyone like it or not. Its all on you if you're monitored on a unprotected device. Don't use one if you don't agree, there's your option. The owners papers with these devices explain that. . 73, n9zas

 

[mikewazowski]

Since this has deviated so far from its original purpose, there's not much point keeping it open.