Re:California Police Used Stingrays in Planes to Spy on Phones
by jakeogh on Thursday January 28, 2016 @02:54AM
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Is it accurate to state they have made illegal (via 'rules') to use open source (user controlled) EM comm above 100um (below 3000GHz[1]) (except a few windows)? Or is it 9kHz to 275GHz? I bet when line of sight NIR comms (there's a nice window around 1550nm) get popular, they will (to stay relevant) want to 'regulate'[2] that too. Prior restraint is the problem here, anyone can mess with the spectrum with basic electronic skills, mandating 'approved' software seems less than pointless.
My point being that for the most part the FCC's regulatory scheme works at keeping people playing by the rules without extra layers of technically complicated security.