[CQ] EMERGENCY ‐ AMATEUR RADIO NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW!

[Bruce Perens]

On 06/25/2013 10:06 PM, Drew Smith wrote:
> 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.
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.

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.

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?

     Thanks

     Bruce
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