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What's the difference between encrypted messages and broadcasting random noise? Who could actually prove otherwise without the key?
by DarthGhandi 6y ago
What's the difference between encrypted messages and broadcasting random noise? Who could actually prove otherwise without the key?
- dmd 6y agoWell, broadcasting random noise would be illegal, so...
- DarthGhandi 6y agoEvery transmission whether data or voice has random noise in it. We both have a shared key, I send you a cat picture over ham radio with the message encoded in the least significant bit of each pixel. How exactly is that going to be detected? The picture looks virtually the same as the original.
- dmd 6y agoThe point isn’t whether it’s detectable or not. Not everything is about whether or not you get caught.
- chrisseaton 6y agoWhy would you need to prove the difference between noise or encryption? If they claim is not encrypted it's just noise, prosecute them for broadcasting noise. If they claim it's not noise it's just encrypted, prosecute them for broadcasting an encrypted signal. What do you think the practical difference in outcome is?
- DarthGhandi 6y agoThe practical difference is you can send any sort of data with packet radio, how are they actually going to prove you've hidden an encrypted message inside that without the key (preferably symmetric)?
- chrisseaton 6y agoThis isn’t how the law works. It’s like saying ‘why is murder illegal when I can sometimes get away with it.’