03-21-2014, 05:34 AM
Criminal penalties for decryption are from the entertainment ("content") industry, not 9/11. (Ironically, DVD pirates don't bother to decrypt the content... separate issues.)
New radio systems for first responders is a post-9/11 issue -- for over 10 years now.
By some "amazing coincidence", legacy police/fire systems are now sitting on "valuable" RF spectrum; the new digital systems require less spectrum, and are probably also relegated to new frequencies (which happen to have comparatively poor propogation).
Basically the same thing they did with "digital TV", with chunks of what used to be "high UHF" now reallocated to the cell carriers, who then make obscene profits by renting it back to the public, while also creating the infrastructure for large-scale spying.
You might say that government is monetizing the gentrification of the public airwaves.
I call it the "pay twice for the privilege of paying again" principle.
New radio systems for first responders is a post-9/11 issue -- for over 10 years now.
By some "amazing coincidence", legacy police/fire systems are now sitting on "valuable" RF spectrum; the new digital systems require less spectrum, and are probably also relegated to new frequencies (which happen to have comparatively poor propogation).
Basically the same thing they did with "digital TV", with chunks of what used to be "high UHF" now reallocated to the cell carriers, who then make obscene profits by renting it back to the public, while also creating the infrastructure for large-scale spying.
You might say that government is monetizing the gentrification of the public airwaves.
I call it the "pay twice for the privilege of paying again" principle.