CNN Interview With Broadcastify Founder About Monitoring
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The CNN reporters' point is not valid.
In an emergency situation the RP does not think "oh this is embarrassing...should I call?" they call 911!
In an emergency situation the RP does not think "oh this is embarrassing...should I call?" they call 911!
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CNN..what can one say. The scare tactics are all part of their gaslighting. Most agencies will release full call details in a FOIA request including caller audio. At my agency, it's only redacted if the call involves a crime under investigation, juveniles, or sexual related offenses. So does this stop people from calling 911? But that doesn't jar people the way this idiotic statement does.
They do if their Johnson is stuck somewhere it shouldn't be.
Well, it IS CNN afterallThey do if their Johnson is stuck somewhere it shouldn't be.
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Hesitancy to dial 911?? These are public safety agencies assisting the public, nearly everything will include some sort of info related to assisting the public even if the address of the 'life alert' call they posted as a concern.
These are public safety agencies assisting the public, nearly everything will include some sort of info related to assisting the public even if the address of the 'life alert' call they posted as a concern.
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Of course, the fact never mentioned at all is police encrypting their channels because they don't want them on broadcastify!
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or stuck something that shouldn't be in their keister.They do if their Johnson is stuck somewhere it shouldn't be.
Funny, if you listen to the interview, you'll notice I mention that there are some huge agencies that directly broadcast to Broadcastify.
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Listening is hard. This type of "report" is sensationalism at its finest.
Over the years I've seen many TV stations and networks give out way more arguably private information on-the-air "live as it happens", along with unnecessary speculation, commentary and outright misinformation. CNN was even sued for this a couple of years ago and made a huge payout.
In my local area I hear them say, "Call me on the cell", or "Go to two" which is an encrypted frequency. Heck you hear more personal stuff on the privately run ambulance frequencies than you do from the police.
In my local area I hear them say, "Call me on the cell", or "Go to two" which is an encrypted frequency. Heck you hear more personal stuff on the privately run ambulance frequencies than you do from the police.
I listened and heard what was said. Regardless of a few large agencies willing to do this on a delay, it's is a very large majority of agencies running encryption that will not directly feed to Broadcastify.
Tom, it doesn't sound like you did listen to the piece, given that you first asserted that agencies are encrypting because they don't want their communications on Broadcastify and then hand waving away the fact that some of the largest police departments in the country put their communications directly on Broadcastify, and others have major projects in the works to do so as well.
Some agencies simply don't want their communications to be listened to by the public at all, regardless of what platform is used (a scanner, a radio, or Broadcastify, or some other method). It's a tale as old as time in this hobby. Some other agencies welcome the public input and will also publicly proclaim that citizen involvement is a good thing and Broadcastfy fits this model.
I hear the "can you give me a call on my cell" bit a lot as well. I then hear detectives stalking drug dealers on another channel wide out in the open. It really varies a lot agency to agency.
They used to give out names of parties involved in incidents to control all the time when I started listening in the 90s. Now all you hear is drivers license numbers over the air. No more listening to your high school buddies getting busted on a Friday night lol
I'm going to miss receiving public safety comms here in my area. Currently the last monitorable agencies are cutting over to encryption. I think by the end of the month everything on the system will be 100% AES. (including public transit, fire departments and even St. John Ambulance first aid volunteers).
Surprising as it is, I always seemed to feel safer knowing what was going on in town. A sense of what was what, where to avoid, whatever. Maybe that sense of security was just in my head. But it was how I felt.
Now I'll never really know. A lot of the serious stuff I monitored never made the news even back then. Now the only news will be in the form of a press release, if that ever comes.
Surprising as it is, I always seemed to feel safer knowing what was going on in town. A sense of what was what, where to avoid, whatever. Maybe that sense of security was just in my head. But it was how I felt.
Now I'll never really know. A lot of the serious stuff I monitored never made the news even back then. Now the only news will be in the form of a press release, if that ever comes.
bigcam406
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My area has had the police encrypted since 1999. Now even the regional FD has gone encrypted since 2016. The fire chief stated publicly that they didn't want anyone hearing anything. Period.
Now our Provincial police is migrating over to a new encrypted radio network. Its a dying hobby up here in my area.
Nice job on the interview, Lindsay.
Now our Provincial police is migrating over to a new encrypted radio network. Its a dying hobby up here in my area.
Nice job on the interview, Lindsay.
kermittheghostcar
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I did listen, and nothing was said about FREE Press. Basically because of this, SPOT news does not exist because you can't hear it, and goto the scene. Has anyone seen this? amNew York: Over and out? State bill would thwart NYPD radio encryption plan and protect public access to transmissions
I grew up in Mass, and moved to NH, and now Florida, and where I live you can hardly listen to anything. PD, FD, Sheriff all a no go.
I grew up in Mass, and moved to NH, and now Florida, and where I live you can hardly listen to anything. PD, FD, Sheriff all a no go.
Anytime a power structure is allowed to operate in secrecy, it moves toward the direction of corruption and tyranny, no matter how much the leaders want to remain true to their mission. Encryption is part of that slow erosion. Having said that, I can see how technology and the ease at which one can "listen in" pushes these agencies toward privacy. All in all though, encryption will end up being bad for the citizens & ultimately bad for the LEO agencies themselves.
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