<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Bill Frantz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frantz@pwpconsult.com" target="_blank">frantz@pwpconsult.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-">On 4/4/17 at 12:34 PM, <a href="mailto:wilson@math.wisc.edu" target="_blank">wilson@math.wisc.edu</a> (Bob Wilson) wrote:<br>
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There are quite a few receivers that say they do that, until you look at the footnote saying that reception of certain frequencies is disabled, because the disabled frequencies are used by some cell 'phones.<br>
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I think this "law" is a FCC regulation. It exists because some people strenuously objected to having recordings of their phone conversations publicized. Many of them were people whose names you might recognize. WEP was also a later response to this problem.</blockquote><div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><b>"Regulations are law!"</b>  In the US, If the agency issuing the regulations has been given that responsibility</div><div class="gmail_extra">by the legislation regulations are law.  Most laws establish an agency chartered with the details of the</div><div class="gmail_extra">law including enforcement.   Regulations generally cite the authority but overreach of authority happens.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/uploads/2011/01/the_rulemaking_process.pdf">https://www.federalregister.gov/uploads/2011/01/the_rulemaking_process.pdf</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_extra">"If
 the
 House
 and 
Senate 
pass 
a 
resolution
 of
 disapproval 
and 
the 
President
 signs
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(or 
if 
both

houses 
override 
a 
presidential 
veto),
the 
rule 
becomes 
void 
and
 cannot
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republished
 by 
an

agency 
in 
the 
same 
form
 without 
Congressional 
approval.</div><div class="gmail_extra">

Since
 1996, 
when
 this 
process

started, 
Congress 
has
 disapproved
 only 
one
 rule."</div></blockquote><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Most of the Affordable Care Act is regulation as mandated by the ACA law.<br>Most of the US environmental laws are EPA regulations.<br><br>The regulations allow your legislators to disavow any knowledge...."I never voted for that" see my </div><div class="gmail_extra">voting record...</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">From the EPA site.<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">"Congress passes the laws that govern the United States, but Congress has also authorized EPA and other federal agencies to help put those laws into effect by creating and enforcing regulations. Below, you'll find a basic description of how laws and regulations are developed, what they are, and where to find them, with an emphasis on environmental laws and regulations. " </blockquote><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/basics-regulatory-process">https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/basics-regulatory-process</a><br><br clear="all"><div><a href="http://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/report/criminal-law-and-the-administrative-state-the-problem-criminal-regulations">http://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/report/criminal-law-and-the-administrative-state-the-problem-criminal-regulations</a>  <-- politics<br><br>So back to encryption... If an agency like the DHS or US Customs writes a regulation that criminalizes</div><div>something or gives them a context to act... you can be subject to that law (err. regulation).  i.e. unlock </div><div>your files or devices at the border as we are seeing.<br><br>Other nations have their own process but laws and rules change, often quickly.<br><br><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">  T o m    M i t c h e l l</div></div>
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