Do you own a wireless router

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You may not know it, but if you have a wireless router, a cordless phone, remote car-door opener, baby monitor or cellphone in your house, the FCC claims the right to enter your home without a warrant at any time of the day or night in order to inspect it.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/fcc-raid/?r

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Yeah? In my state we have

Yeah? In my state we have the "make my day" law.

I'd like to see these people come in to 'inspect' my stuff.

In the meantime, pirate

In the meantime, pirate radio stations are adapting to the FCC’s warrantless search power by dividing up a station’s operations. For instance, Boulder Free Radio consists of an online radio station operated by DJs from a remote studio. Miles away, a small computer streams the online station and feeds it to the transmitter. Once the FCC comes and leaves a notice on the door, the transmitter is moved to another location before the agent returns.

funny.

you could set up a phased

you could set up a phased array in canada or mexico, blast your intended area with your signal, and the FCC would be powerless to do anything about it. so what is their reason for existing? isn't the ITU and IEEE good enough? they have to have their own special little mom and pop shop for "regulating" the airwaves? PFFFFFFT!!!

bureaucrats are pathetic soulless creatures whose lives are devoid of meaning.

how quaint. the FCC is an

how quaint. the FCC is an obsolete relic from the age of governments.

Another outrage

I'm so sick of all these gov't agencies maintaining the right to barge into people's homes without a warrant.

This is supposed to be a "civilized" country!

that's easy enough to deal

that's easy enough to deal with.. call blackwater!

then when they're done repelling US criminals, you can send em to confiscate US assets for restitution.