Press advocates say that the surge in encryption is a reaction to the demand for police accountability after 2020.
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- lone_faerie ( @lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English40•1 month ago
I thought if you weren’t doing anything wrong then you had nothing to hide…
- dumbass ( @dumbass@leminal.space ) English4•1 month ago
That’s still true tho.
- Christer Enfors ( @Enfors@lemm.ee ) English14•1 month ago
No, it’s not. Anytime I meet someone who says “I’ve done nothing wrong, so I have nothing to hide,” I respond with “Okay, drop your pants then.”
Everybody wants and deserves privacy. There is nothing wrong with having sex, but most of us hide when we do it.
- lone_faerie ( @lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English9•1 month ago
Then why do the people who say that feel the need to hide their communications?
- dumbass ( @dumbass@leminal.space ) English10•1 month ago
Because they have something to hide lol
- itslilith ( @itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 2•1 month ago
Show us your entire search history then
- dumbass ( @dumbass@leminal.space ) English2•1 month ago
Nah, I got shit to hide.
- itslilith ( @itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 2•1 month ago
well that sounds like you’re doing something wrong then? something illegal, even? we better take a closer look, this sounds very suspicious
- magnetosphere ( @magnetosphere@fedia.io ) 23•1 month ago
Frankly, I’m surprised that encryption isn’t much more common, if not completely standard, by now. Note: this is most definitely NOT an endorsement of the idea.
- Queen HawlSera ( @HawlSera@lemm.ee ) English16•1 month ago
Officer, didn’t you try to tell me that if I’m following the rules then I have nothing to hide?
- lud ( @lud@lemm.ee ) English7•1 month ago
That was really late.
In Sweden, police radio has been encrypted since they switched to the current system called Rakel in 2010.
The police are also not the only users of Rakel. Some users include the military, emergency services, various government orgs, and a bunch others.The system is run by MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency).
- tallpaul ( @tallpaul@lemm.ee ) English2•1 month ago
Similar in the UK. Ours is called Airwave and came in in the early 2000s.
https://www.airwavesolutions.co.uk/the-service/emergency-services-network/
- limelight79 ( @limelight79@lemm.ee ) 6•1 month ago
A “local news” Facebook page is all up in arms about this. The page sometimes provides useful information about road blockages and the like. I’m pretty sure he just listens to the scanner all day and posts what he hears. Our local emergency services (police, fire, etc.) are replacing their radios with encrypted ones soon.
But I’ve wondered if they were simply replacing old radios, and encrypted radios are now what is available - i.e., buying unencrypted radios now might be like trying to buy an old cell phone that doesn’t do digital communication. Of course, there are solutions to the issue that emergency departments could take in the name of transparency, like streaming the communications online.
- JillyB ( @JillyB@beehaw.org ) 2•1 month ago
There are still plenty of analog radios on the market.
- Drusas ( @Drusas@kbin.run ) 1•1 month ago
Things are not going in a positive direction for us.
- corsicanguppy ( @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ) English1•1 month ago
Yeah. Because it’s not OpSec, or a modicum of comms security.
No no, it’s gotta be a conspiracy. SACAB after all.
You yanks are worrisome.