NYPD faces backlash as it prepares to encrypt radio communications
NYPD faces backlash as it prepares to encrypt radio communications
Critics say encryption is an ‘attack on transparency’, and that radio monitoring is one of the few ways to keep track of the police
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Amazing they haven't already done this.
47 4 ReplyI thought all PDs in the US had been doing this for decades.
22 1 ReplyAfter 9/11 there was a government move to centralize communication among first responders. Lots of money allocated for new digital encrypted radio.
12 2 ReplyYeah, I'm pretty sure it's the reason police scanners exist.
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The public record of public servants should not be encrypted in a free nation.
That includes their speech and actions and the tools they use to disseminate them.
This isn't hard.
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Listen NYPD, do you want Spiderman's help or not?
37 0 ReplyNYPD prefers to investigate itself.
17 1 ReplyNYPD prefers to riot in the street than accept any oversight it doesnt want.
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This should be illegal.
6 0 ReplyDenver did this a few years back and it sucks! I am surprised NYPD has not done so already.
6 0 ReplySecret police
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