[taxesareforever]

Scanners are explicitly prohibited in federal law from operating at cell phone frequencies. Scanners sold must block access to those frequencies.

What does this have to do with internet frequencies?

[ctdonath2]

You brought up "scanners".

It's further relevant because off-limit frequencies are legally declared off-limits. Internet frequencies, as you put it, are not off-limits. Listening is legal, transmitting "may I connect?" is legal, and further use after receiving "yes you may connect" is legal.

[steve-b]

Scanners are explicitly prohibited in federal law from operating at cell phone frequencies. Scanners sold must block access to those frequencies.
What does this have to do with internet frequencies?

Er... because you can use wireless internet to find out which wire to clip in your scanner to re-enable mobile phone frequencies.

Not that it's worth doing; other people's random conversations are BORING. Or so I've been told....