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Re:Hacking Ham Radio for Texting by BenjiWiebe on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @01:57PM (#29257311)
Yes, people are checking. Repeated abuse of ham radio (in the US anyways) will eventually get enough hams mad that they will report to the FCC, which does investigate and crack down from time to time.

No, it isn't an instant 100% chance of retribution.

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Re:Hacking Ham Radio for Texting by edrxty on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @02:03PM (#29257385)
People are checking FM because it's trivial. I have yet to hear of someone getting caught using digital encryption entirely through band monitoring (ie not doing something obviously stupid elsewhere like bragging about it on social media)
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Re:Hacking Ham Radio for Texting by ajsnigrutin on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @05:44PM (#29259804)
It's 2021... ham operators hear someone using the band for something digital, and then use the one of the many cheap SDR sticks to check what is using the channel.

One call to a regulator, and it's done.

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