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House Reps Ban Wireless Decoding by Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com)

3:30 p.m. May. 17, 2000 PDT WASHINGTON -- Americans may no longer buy radio receivers that decode PCS cellular or pager transmissions, a House panel said Wednesday.

The House Commerce Committee also voted to make it a crime to sell electronic gadgets that can "decode encrypted radio transmissions for the purposes of unauthorized interception."

The criminal penalties, which were attached to a tax harmonization bill, expand existing law, which already bans the sale of devices that can intercept analog cellular conversations.

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