As the Royals have learned to their cost

As the Royals have learned to their cost the law is so lax that it actually encourages widespread snooping. Terrorists, blackmailers, burglars, business rivals and the nosey-parkers next door can legally buy and install a phone scanner. The law says they can not legally use the scanner except to listen to BBC, commercial and community radio stations and navigation information broadcast for public consumption. But who is going to buy a scanner, starting price 100, just to tune in to broadcasts they could hear more clearly on the radio? Quality It is the logic of the asylum to sell scanners without restriction and then say they shouldn't be used for the purpose most people buy them. Snooping by scanner is entirely different from the pictures of the Duchess of York cavorting with her' financial adviser'. It affects the quality of life of everybody because nobody can be sure