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Re:Transcribed police scanners in real-time by kube-system on Monday June 08, 2020 @11:55PM (#23463497)
I hear people say this from time to time, but I don't think I've ever heard anything actually said on a scanner that would be plausibly useful to a criminal.
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Re:Transcribed police scanners in real-time by smokelegend on Friday June 12, 2020 @04:05PM (#23503252)
Not true, police communications can be a gold mine of information sometimes.

Name, address, date of birth, social security number, identifying features i.e. height, weight, hair color, etc.

Don't underestimate how valuable this information can be.

Not to mention the movements of police resources and personnel.

All said published over the wire, anyone can hear with the right hardware/software.

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