[Ground-station] How we talk about encryption can hurt us

[Peter Laws N5UWY]

On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 3:36 PM Mark Whittington <markwhi at gmail.com> wrote:


> I agree that minimizing the need for encryption on amateur bands is a worthwhile goal, and with pretty much everything said so far except for this.  The Internet is very quickly becoming SSL everywhere. Unless you're ready to just say no to any interconnection between amateur radio and the Internet at all, this is one you're going to have to get used to.


I understand the implications.  I don't want to change the encryption
rule, save for removing the current exception for telecommand of space
stations.

If we are to self-regulate, we have to be able to monitor any and all
communications.  There is no privacy and there is no expectation of
privacy, nor has there ever been.

If that means we can't handle traffic that requires encryption, then so be it.

And no, unlike many amateur licensees fervently believe, "in an
emergency, anything goes" is not actually a thing.

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