Re:European Telecom Body to Open-Source Radio Encryption System
by dist-epoch on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:55PM
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Is there a cheap encrypted hand walkie-talkie can you buy and legally use in Europe? AES 128 bit? Last I checked you were only able to buy "privacy" radios (16-32 bit key).
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Re:European Telecom Body to Open-Source Radio Encryption System
by RF_Savage on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:28PM
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On the licence free side you are on the mercy of you national regulators. Some countries have additional bands that allow crypto.
But one can usually just buy a business band license for digital radios and then run DMR with AES256.
Re:European Telecom Body to Open-Source Radio Encryption System
by fidotron on Monday November 20, 2023 @05:22PM
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This is unlikely. Amateur radio bands usage, for example, must very much not be encrypted, and my recollection is messages are supposed to be "of a personal or technical nature" according to ITU rules. i.e. there is regulation around not using radio for subverting states.
Within CB might be another story, but it would be highly likely to annoy other CB users.