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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/25/2013 10:06 PM, Drew Smith
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the idea that someone could send an encrypted message instantly to
the other side of the world must have been terrifying to
governments during the world wars.</blockquote>
Yes, but I wasn't considering a historical reason. I was thinking
about the shared nature of the Amateur frequencies. If you camp on a
frequency with an encrypted station, and use encryption that locks
out all but your chosen group out of the system, it's not a shared
frequency any longer.<br>
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I am not objecting to authentication, and you can do that within
today's rules. But encryption for the purpose of obscuring
information from others? I can't see how that would be a benefit to
Amateur Radio.<br>
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And I'm not understanding the exact reason why networking
experimenters would really need it. If you're doing something that
you have to hide, why would it belong on ham radio at all?<br>
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Thanks<br>
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Bruce<br>
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