So, basically, since 9-11, we have managed to create with all these new 'TLA's, 5 times as many new agencies, spending ten times as much budget and doing 1/4 the work as before the WTC fell? I am I not surprised. The only benefit is to my retirement bonus......
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May I put my hand in the cookie jar and ask what receiver you are using to see the encryption key numbers?
DSDPlus displays that info.
That answers my software question, but not my hardware question: What device do I specifically need?
A computer. With a sound card
So there is no specific scanner or SDR I need, just a computer?
If it's black and runs fast, it's a Dodge Charger.
I believe you must use discriminator audio from the scanner
Keep in mind that's just the "Key ID" and not the actual key.
Any software defined radio or other radio that can output IF audio either directly or through a discriminator tap. As was mentioned, this will only show the CKR#, not the keyfill itself which is not broadcast over the air.
Also RayAir, I added your FBI RID range heard to Federal Radio ID Planning. Thank you.
The government is much smarter than transmitting the encyption key in the clear.
You aren't talking to a 12 year old, I understand the purpose of encryption and the reality of it being hidden.
Seeing the key name just sparked hope that someone found a device to "map" the key. There is a certain agency in my area I want to listen to but they are encrypted, and for less than better reasons at that.
If it's black and runs fast, it's a Dodge Charger.
Easy there tiger
Decoding AES256 = Never gonna happen in a reasonable amount of mine. I won't say the absolute never, because computers are getting faster and faster, but until puts together something the size of a Cray in a laptop, ain't gonna happen.
Tread carefully. 18 USC 2511 (2)(g) specifically states that it is not unlawful to intercept public radio communications that are readily accessible to the general public. Case law says that for the communications you're talking about, the term readily accessible to the general public does not apply if the communications are encrypted or carried on a modulation that has been withheld from public distribution/knowledge for privacy reasons.
Regardless of technical capacity (a "device to map the key") or your own rationalizations, decrypting encrypted communications for which you are not an authorized receiver is a violation of that section and can land you 5 years in the nick and/or a heavy fine just by itself. That's not fuzzy, that's clear statute and caselaw. I think the administrators here will also sharply tell you that discussion of methods for illegal radio activity (or illegal activity in general) are heavily frowned upon here. Please, be careful, be smart, and don't kick that sleeping dog.
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The attempt is a crime, even if you have no chance of succeeding.
snowmn
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I agree with bailly2. Every time this comes up the internet police show up. Please stop because nobody is going to be able to decrypt anything including ADP encryption. Most scanner users have a hard enough time with voice inversion. Then the discussion that des has been broken always comes up but no hobbyist has done that with a transmission over the radio,
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