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I'm curious how many other people share my ambivalence toward amateur radio? I want to be interested in it, but since encryption is forbidden I can't think of v
by EvanAnderson 6y ago
I'm curious how many other people share my ambivalence toward amateur radio? I want to be interested in it, but since encryption is forbidden I can't think of very many things I'd really want to use it for, what w/ being unable to trust the authenticity of transmissions and having no confidentiality.
I enjoy listening to stuff w/ my RTL-SDR rig. I also find the emergency communication capability that radio amateurs provide a Good Thing(tm). I just can't see what, personally, it could possibly be useful for.
- bluGill 6y agoTalking about what gear you each have. There is a reason that is most of the conversations on amature radio : it is the only thing that you can safely talk to strangers about.
- Jach 6y agoSome of us appeared in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20335110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20335110
- xxpor 6y agoYou can sign stuff just fine. Authentication != encryption.
- EvanAnderson 6y agoThe last that I'd explored amateur radio I thought digital signatures were still a grey area. Good to know they're not. That does increase the usefulness dramatically.
- xxpor 6y agoNo, not at all. The only thing that's prohibited is encoding your message as to obscure its meaning.