Cell-Phone Calls Streamed on Net

Basement webcasters are using an AOL-owned streaming service to pipe private cellular phone conversations out onto the Net. AOL is digging into the issue. By Chris Oakes.

You can hear almost anything on the Internet these days -- maybe even your own phone conversations.

America Online said Thursday morning that it was investigating Internet broadcasts of private cell-phone conversations captured with private scanner hardware and streamed out over the Net through its Shoutcast service.


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