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I wonder if it would be illegal to employ this method. Tracking law enforcement isn’t explicitly illegal, right?

• privatelypublic 1y ago
  Transmitting on spectrum you don't have a license for- especially when the government WILL cast it as "interfering with emergency services" or just Big-T- very much is.
  • eru 1y ago
    What's 'Big-T'?
    • mindcrime 1y ago
      Terrorism
      • privatelypublic 1y ago
        Yup. And I'll note phrasing it the way I did is openly derisive of its overuse by law enforcement.
        • sam1r 1y ago
          That’s quite the private phrase to be presenting publicly.
          • pc86 1y ago
            It's pretty clear from context, honestly.
• mindcrime 1y ago
  It's an active attack (requires you to transmit traffic to trick the radio into sending the response beacons) so at the very least you'd almost certainly be in violation of some FCC regs. So the charge might not be "tracking law enforcement" but rather would be "illegally transmitting on a public safety frequency without a license" or something along those lines. And if somebody got caught doing this, I'm reasonably sure they'd find a way to pile on a few more charges as well. And note that since it is an active attack that requires the attacker to transmit, it opens up the possibility of the attacker giving up their own location in turn. My take is that it's fun to think about, but largely lacking in real world applicability in most situations.
  • wongarsu 1y ago
    Still sounds incredibly useful for organized crime
    • mindcrime 1y ago
      > Still sounds incredibly useful for organized crime Aaaand now we're all on yet another watch list!