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NYPD faces backlash as it prepares to encrypt radio communications | New York | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've never heard of this happening. It's probably more for people avoiding police and maybe ambulance chasers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

We had a kid cross state lines to show up to a riot with a gun to defend property and shoot people. Just because you haven’t heard about it doesn’t mean it’s not plausible as a valid reason.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And? Do you think he heard about it from a police radio, and not literally every news outlet that was covering it at the time?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

You must know that unencrypted police radios have been a upstream source for local media for a long time, right?

And I’m not arguing that encryption is a good idea, in fact I think a blanket encryption of emergency radio is a bad idea (but nuance on social media is invisible).

This thread is simply in answer to an earlier poster who asked for a situation where it could be helpful to protect a sensitive situation and I provided one that we have seen analogs of in real life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sure, they get some information from radios. They also usually have at least one person at the headquarters at all times. They will know about big events regardless.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I forgot that police have no filters or power in person to be more private in discussions about sensitive topics just because there’s a person at their precinct. All conversations happen wide open just like you get with a police-band scanner. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Plausible, but is it likely? Enough to be even remotely worth it...?