Admiral wrote:I humbly think dated words are more desirable than modern text-talk M8.
I agree, although it may be discombobulating, alas.
Admiral wrote:I humbly think dated words are more desirable than modern text-talk M8.
I was taught to spell it 'gaol' too, I always thought 'jail' was the american spelling?Admiral wrote:'gaol' was the spelling that I was taught
That was said about Marconi MASC encryption, it was found out by accident that if you could get your hands on a Police MASC enabled Motorola MT6000E for about 5 minutes and using a programming lead copy the contents to a laptop PC, the contents could then be cloned to another MASC enabled MT6000E using the donor radio's serial number. You ended up with a working MASC MT6000E WITH working keys - they would remain valid until the system being monitored had it's keys next changed..radiosification wrote:Encryption is incredibly easy to get these days, and incredibly difficult to break. There's no way the public will ever be able to scan the police unless they give us access.
Same situation back then... Think the main worry was plod selling encryption keys to crooks by allowing access to his or another copper's radio... They would be taking a chance because if a crook's radio was captured it would have the donor radio serial number..MrWeetabix wrote:You'd probably get an all expenses paid holiday in an orange jumpsuit these days if you were caught trying to pilfer an plod radio....
That is the upside of encrypted Tetra, the police no longer give a toss about any radio equipment on you or in your vehicle. Pre-Tetra they were paranoid about anything with an antenna on it.paulears wrote:
Nowadays - nobody cares if you have a radio, so things have moved on!