I am. About to roll out a new CAD that will eliminate most over the air dispatching anyway.
Demure. Hedge your risk and encrypt it all Mr System Manager.
MTS2000des said:
Most of our operational talk groups are indeed encrypted. This was done when we rolled out APX radios. More to come as legacy radios are phased out. Every new radio has OTAR and AES-256. Makes it easy.
Most of our operational talk groups? What does that mean? If your entire system isn't encrypted right now, you aren't doing your job to hedge the risk of your constituents and customers Mr. System Manager... er Technician.
MTS2000des said:
No, you posted an article. But as always, if someone doesn't agree with you or kiss up, you get all butt hurt and make it personal. I'm merely dealing with facts. Did you read the article that you posted?
You don't need to kiss up to me... but you don't need to continuously run the narrative that we're destroying things whenever I post something regarding encryption. You've been doing that for, what, 5 years now? Any time something is posted you pouce and point to the masses and scream from the mountain tops... "SEE. I TOLD YOU SO!!!" You aren't dealing in facts with the article, because as I've indicated previously, I am in direct contact with the agency that the article was written about, and I have been before the article was written. While nothing has been formally agreed upon, there is a good chance this issue will be solved in favor of everyone involved.
I'm not going to sit here thinking I've got pocket aces in the hole, but I'm also not going to let an outsider jump in and set a narrative about something that he knows absolutely nothing about other than what he read in a news article.
MTS2000des said:
The problem will soon take care of itself. I've already explained that. Streaming by third parties does not make one a friend of public safety agencies. You can stab at me (or anyone else) all day long, but it won't change that fact.
This broken record has been playing for yeeearrrs on your player. Before we know it you might actually be promoted into a position where you actually have say so over policy and procedure, and then maybe you'll finally get to stick it to the big bad broadcastify leaders and strap some encryption to some agency's primary dispatch talkgroups. You'll sit back, crack open a cold beer, and savor the sweet nectar of schadenfreude.
But then a new sheriff will arrive in town, and we'll have an official feed of those encrypted talkgroups before you know it.
MTS2000des said:
One would think one who makes a living off streaming and disseminating information would try to be a friend to those creating that information rather than being antagonistic. But you'll figure it out eventually.
Let's be realistic here. From day one, you've always been the antagonistic person in this community. You are against everything we do around here. You've criticized what we and I do from day one. And yet you actively participate in a community that you loathe.
Finally, and let me make this clear, this is not a threat, but a piece of advice. Do you know how many subpoenas I receive a year from public safety agencies that subpoena information for folks just like yourself that attempt to proclaim policy and direction in our forums only to have it reflect badly on the agency, resulting in misguided leaders in those agencies that start to ask questions? Well, it happens more often than I would like. Regardless of your signature line saying your opinion is your own, you might want to tread very carefully proclaiming you are a system manager and this is what we/them/us are saying with regards to policy.