All they are doign is going down the list of several thousand
purchasers, with the strongest interest in the people who bough more
then one, or whose E-Bay or PayPal records also show them as also
purchasing naughty bugging equipment.
-jma
bernieS wrote:
> Fortunately or not, the FCC has no jurisdiction over foreign online
> retailers of these jammers, who have little trouble shipping them to
> U.S. customers when creatively packaging and labeling their products
> as something else.
>
>
> http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db1005/DOC-310226A1.txt
>
>
>
> NEWS
> Federal Communications Commission
> 445 12th Street, S.W.
> Washington, D.C. 20554
> This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of
> the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action.
> See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).
> News Media Information 202-418-0500
> Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
> TTY: 1-888-835-5322
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
> October 5, 2011 David Fiske (202) 418-0513
> Email: david..._at_fcc.gov
>
> TWENTY ONLINE RETAILERS OF ILLEGAL JAMMING DEVICES TARGETED IN OMNIBUS
> ENFORCEMENT ACTION
>
> Washington, D.C. � The FCC Enforcement Bureau has issued 20
> enforcement actions against online
> retailers in 12 states for illegally marketing more than 200
> uniquely-described models of cell phone
> jammers, GPS jammers, Wi-Fi jammers, and similar signal jamming
> devices. These devices have the
> capacity to prevent, block, or otherwise interfere with authorized
> radio communications in violation of
> section 302(b) of the Communications Act and sections 2.803 and
> 15.201(b) of the Commission�s rules.
>
> The Enforcement Bureau�s actions are intended to warn retailers and
> potential purchasers that
> marketing, selling, or using signal jamming devices in the U.S. is
> illegal and that the FCC will vigorously
> prosecute these violations.
>
> Enforcement Bureau Chief Michele Ellison said, �Our actions should
> send a strong message to
> retailers of signal jamming devices that we will not tolerate
> continued violations of federal law. Jamming
> devices pose significant risks to public safety and can have
> unintended and sometimes dangerous
> consequences for consumers and first responders.�
>
> In the Omnibus Citation and Order, the Bureau emphasized that because
> signal jamming devices
> work by indiscriminately interrupting or interfering with
> communications, the use of a jamming device in
> a classroom, theater, church, restaurant, or other public place could
> prevent someone in the vicinity of the
> jammer from making an emergency call to 9-1-1, the police, a fire
> department, or a family member in
> trouble.
>
> Accordingly, the Bureau directed each online retailer to take
> immediate steps to cease marketing
> signal jamming devices to consumers in the United States and its
> territories. Such steps may include
> removing the illegal signal jamming devices from online display,
> expressly excluding consumers in the
> United States as potential customers, and declining to sell signal
> jamming devices or complete any sales
> transaction to consumers in the United States.
>
> In a Request for Information attached to the Omnibus Citation, the
> Bureau also ordered the online
> retailers to provide information about their signal jammer suppliers,
> distribution channels, and
> sales�including the manufacturer of each illegal signal jamming
> device, the websites that the online
> retailer has used to market the devices in the United States or its
> territories, and the corrective actions the
> online retailer has taken or will take to comply with federal law
> prohibiting the marketing and sale of
> jamming devices.
>
> Because these enforcement actions were taken against retailers who are
> not otherwise regulated
> by the Commission, the Communications Act requires the Commission to
> first issue a �citation�
> describing the violation and warning against future misconduct. The
> Omnibus Citation and Order
> emphasized that a second violation could lead to monetary penalties of
> $16,000 to $112,500.
> The Omnibus Citation and Order also noted, for example, that a
> separate penalty could be
> imposed for each jamming device sold or each day on which a jamming
> device is marketed, and that
> additional violations could result in the seizure of equipment and
> imprisonment.
>
> Ellison said, �We expect that these retailers will take immediate
> steps to ensure future
> compliance. If they continue to offer jammers to consumers in the
> U.S., we will work closely with our
> law enforcement partners to prosecute them to the full extent of the
> law. Consumers deserve no less.�
> The Enforcement Bureau has taken several actions against retailers and
> users of jamming devices,
> and in February of this year, released two Enforcement Advisories as
> part of its �outreach, educate, and
> enforce� approach to preventing the spread of these illegal devices.
> (See Retailer Advisory, available at
> http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Public_Notices/DA-11-249A1.html; and
> Consumer Advisory, available at
> http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Public_Notices/DA-11-250A1.html).
>
> The signal jamming devices listed in the Omnibus Citation and Order
> include GPS blockers for
> vehicles, high-tech signal blockers with remote control capabilities,
> jammers disguised as paintings and
> cigarette packs, and other small, easily-concealable cell phone
> jammers, as well as high-powered
> industrial jammers that have the potential to disrupt radio signals in
> areas as large as a football field.
> In addition, the signal jammers offered by the online retailers claim
> to target a wide variety of
> frequencies, services, and technologies.
>
> The full text of the Omnibus Citation and Order is available at:
> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1661A1.pdf
>
> In order to help answer consumer questions about signal jammers, the
> Enforcement Bureau has
> published Frequently Asked Questions on GPS, Wi-Fi and Cell Phone
> Jammers, available on the FCC�s
> Jammer Enforcement webpage, at
> http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/jammerenforcement/jamfaq.pdf.
>
> To file a complaint alerting the FCC�s Enforcement Bureau to illegal
> cell, GPS, or other
> jamming devices, please visit www.fcc.gov/complaints, or call
> 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-
> 225-5322) voice or 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-835-5322) TTY.
>
> For further information, contact John D. Poutasse, Acting Chief,
> Spectrum Enforcement Division,
> Enforcement Bureau, or Daudeline Meme, Assistant Chief, Spectrum
> Enforcement Division, Enforcement
> Bureau, at (202) 418-1160 or at jamme..._at_fcc.gov.
> --FCC--
> News and other information about the FCC is available at www.fcc.gov.
>
>
>
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James M. Atkinson
President and Sr. Engineer
"Leonardo da Vinci of Bug Sweeps and Spy Hunting"
Granite Island Group
jm..._at_tscm.com
http://www.tscm.com/
(978) 546-3803
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