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Re:GNU Radio by syedkarim on Saturday January 15, 2022 @01:54PM (#29949101)
Do you mean manufacturers of RTLSDR devices? Those don’t need to be locked down (in the US), as they are receive-only devices.
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Re:GNU Radio by CamperBob2 on Saturday January 15, 2022 @09:09PM (#29952605)
Technically, the ECPA is still on the books in the US, prohibiting devices that can receive the old 800 MHz AMPS cellular band.

The ECPA was always a complete legal atrocity, and I don't think it's been enforced for many years, and cell phones no longer use NBFM or anything else that an unauthorized receiver can decode, but...

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