muddy mudskipper
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i was browsing through the radioreference database recently and noticed something...
does anyone find it ironic that Laredo PD finally switched from a fully-encrypted, completely unmonitorable and untrackable VHF Conventional radio system to a new P25 trunked system that is suddenly very trackable with the use of software tools like Trunker/Unitrunker???
sure the new P25 system appears to cater to the Police Department by employing voice encryption on the Police Dispatch and Patrol channels, but it is now possible to visually track system activity using hobby software. i'm betting someone in the Communications Department is not going to be too happy about this...
the Laredo Police Department has come a long way since when i used to monitor them on a little RatShack crystal scanner back in the 1980's..
paranoia... i swear....
does anyone find it ironic that Laredo PD finally switched from a fully-encrypted, completely unmonitorable and untrackable VHF Conventional radio system to a new P25 trunked system that is suddenly very trackable with the use of software tools like Trunker/Unitrunker???
sure the new P25 system appears to cater to the Police Department by employing voice encryption on the Police Dispatch and Patrol channels, but it is now possible to visually track system activity using hobby software. i'm betting someone in the Communications Department is not going to be too happy about this...
the Laredo Police Department has come a long way since when i used to monitor them on a little RatShack crystal scanner back in the 1980's..
paranoia... i swear....