[cruffle_duffle]

> IIRC, the biggest thing to fall out of that is the US government banned scanners that could pick up the frequencies commonly used by cordless phones.

I recall that. I think the age of SDR's made such a ban (law?) almost impossible to enforce.

[dylan604]

When did the age of SDRs begin where these devices were still in vogue? What's the overlap?

[pests]

Who said they overlapped?

OP stated the existence of SDRs now would render such a (new) ban (on scanners) wouldn't work.