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NYPD faces backlash as it prepares to encrypt radio communications | New York | The Guardian
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this post was submitted on 04 Jan 2024
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They're not encrypted? What? That's a gigantic security hole.
Damn, are these guys up on modern tech or living in the 90s?
Regular police radio should not be encrypted. Police should not be operating under a cloak of secrecy especially in the US.
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.
They already get around the open radio issue by calling each other, messaging, etc. but encrypting all communications would make it even worse.