I believe that intercepting cell phone calls is illegal in the US. RF scanners aren't allowed to be sold that are tunable to cell phone frequencies and haven't been salable for some time. Scanners sold prior to this prohibition aren't supposed to be used for monitoring cell phones either. However there are lots of people that are quite willing to break the law. Hence encrypting your cell phone traffic is a good idea if you value your privacy.
April fools pranks are a tradition in the hacker community - anyone remember the IP over Avian carriers RFC? This simultaneous cessation is a good prank, but chances are that it is not due to legal action or advice.
Now if this had happened on March 31 or April 2 there'd be a greater likelihood of it being for real.
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I believe that intercepting cell phone calls is illegal in the US. RF scanners aren't allowed to be sold that are tunable to cell phone frequencies and haven't been salable for some time. Scanners sold prior to this prohibition aren't supposed to be used for monitoring cell phones either. However there are lots of people that are quite willing to break the law. Hence encrypting your cell phone traffic is a good idea if you value your privacy.
April fools pranks are a tradition in the hacker community - anyone remember the IP over Avian carriers RFC? This simultaneous cessation is a good prank, but chances are that it is not due to legal action or advice.
Now if this had happened on March 31 or April 2 there'd be a greater likelihood of it being for real.