Cypherpunks Tapping Bitcoin via Ham Radio

Re:Cypherpunks Tapping Bitcoin via Ham Radio by arnoooooo on Thursday June 27, 2019 @10:48AM (#20294886)

While I agree with your first comment, most ham radio rules are international.

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Re:Cypherpunks Tapping Bitcoin via Ham Radio by jtms on Thursday June 27, 2019 @11:24AM (#20295226)

I know next to nothing about ham radio, but I’m curious... who would enforce the rules at an international level?

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Re:Cypherpunks Tapping Bitcoin via Ham Radio by robear on Thursday June 27, 2019 @12:01PM (#20295623)

The International Telecommunication Union (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Telecommunicatio... the body that governs these things at the international level.

Individual countries implement decisions taken at the ITU through laws and policy. Individual countries take care of enforcement. For instance, in the USA, that would be the FCC.

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Re:Cypherpunks Tapping Bitcoin via Ham Radio by jimktrains2 on Thursday June 27, 2019 @11:30AM (#20295298)

Each individual country is expected to enforce the rules on its own citizens. The FCC does so here in the US. If I remember right, but am on my phone, there are countries that are not party to the international rules (or don't have agreements with the us? I'm fuzzy) and (us) hams are not supposed to deliberately contact operators in those countries.

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