Re: "Anonymous" airchat
By: Dreamer to All on Thu Apr 24 2014 12:29:00
I read something on Slashdot today about "Anonymous" hackers working
on something called AirChat using encrypted radio comms to talk
digitally many miles.
Any comments on this? As some commentators mentioned, I'm fairly
certain this violates most countries' regulations, but even apart from
the encryption, can one legally broadcast digital comms in that manner
at that distance without license?
I'm pretty sure it's illegal, at least in the US, unless it's
via satellite provider encryption, wifi, or cell tower shite. As far as broadcasting that distance, depends on the wattage. Otherwise, if it's
not gonna go that far in <5w, or whatever the limitation is, you can use repeaters or a meshnet configuration, kind of like NexTel did.
I'd like to see a new spectrum opened up for people to play around
with without license... Citizen's Digital Band or something, where
BBS's and chats could sit. Perhaps limit it in power to a 30-50 mile
range. Probably never happen, no one would be interested in selling
that sort of hardware/software, as I doubt there would be enough
interest.
That would be very nice. :)
-- guh up the effbomb down wif yr bad self
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