[TheList] Encrypted radio

Mon Oct 22 17:40:22 AEDT 2012

Where does it say it's actually illegal?

The AP25 protocol has things like the station/radio ID sent in the
clear, so in theory you could triangulate and track individual radios,
assuming you can pick up their transmissions.

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 6:58 PM, No Name <kino_flo at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm new to the list, so would like to apologise if these questions are a)
> dumb, and b) out of order.
>
> I realise it's illegal (and virtually impossible/impracticable) to decrypt
> an encrypted Police transmission, but is it possible to identify where an
> encrypted (in this case Police) transmission took place?  Does such a thing
> as triangulation work, or would the use of repeaters mean it would be able
> to pinpoint where the radio was used?  Would it be possible to write a
> programme that would identify when a number of different radios were used in
> a relatively small location?
>
> Many thanks.
>
>
>
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