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by rosenjon 4133 days ago
Exactly. It incorporates by reference statutes from an era where it was actually a huge hurdle to install a listening device. Now every piece of technology is essentially a listening device, amongst many other things.

In addition, it waters down the statute from "intent to defraud" to "willfulness".

Oh by the way, they also want to take all your stuff, regardless of if you're convicted.