I thought if you weren't doing anything wrong then you had nothing to hide...
this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2024
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That's still true tho.
No, it's not. Anytime I meet someone who says "I've done nothing wrong, so I have nothing to hide," I respond with "Okay, drop your pants then."
Everybody wants and deserves privacy. There is nothing wrong with having sex, but most of us hide when we do it.
Then why do the people who say that feel the need to hide their communications?
Because they have something to hide lol
Show us your entire search history then
Nah, I got shit to hide.
well that sounds like you're doing something wrong then? something illegal, even? we better take a closer look, this sounds very suspicious
Frankly, I’m surprised that encryption isn’t much more common, if not completely standard, by now. Note: this is most definitely NOT an endorsement of the idea.
Officer, didn't you try to tell me that if I'm following the rules then I have nothing to hide?
That was really late.
In Sweden, police radio has been encrypted since they switched to the current system called Rakel in 2010.
The police are also not the only users of Rakel. Some users include the military, emergency services, various government orgs, and a bunch others.
The system is run by MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency).
Similar in the UK. Ours is called Airwave and came in in the early 2000s.
https://www.airwavesolutions.co.uk/the-service/emergency-services-network/
A "local news" Facebook page is all up in arms about this. The page sometimes provides useful information about road blockages and the like. I'm pretty sure he just listens to the scanner all day and posts what he hears. Our local emergency services (police, fire, etc.) are replacing their radios with encrypted ones soon.
But I've wondered if they were simply replacing old radios, and encrypted radios are now what is available - i.e., buying unencrypted radios now might be like trying to buy an old cell phone that doesn't do digital communication. Of course, there are solutions to the issue that emergency departments could take in the name of transparency, like streaming the communications online.
There are still plenty of analog radios on the market.
Yeah. Because it's not OpSec, or a modicum of comms security.
No no, it's gotta be a conspiracy. SACAB after all.
You yanks are worrisome.
Things are not going in a positive direction for us.