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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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[-] obinice@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

They're not encrypted? What? That's a gigantic security hole.

Damn, are these guys up on modern tech or living in the 90s?

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Regular police radio should not be encrypted. Police should not be operating under a cloak of secrecy especially in the US.

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

Theres a case for real time communication having at least some channels with dedicated encryption, just because every criminal and their mother is capable of buying a police scanner. Especially if there's records and transcripts for after the fact review.

The problem is that current police forces simply can't be trusted to use it for above the board means. More than likely it'd be used as a means of subverting law and order, not upholding it.

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