Been a thing for all long time. See police scanners. Unfortunately going the way of the past as cops hide their coms with encryption to be even less accountable.
solrize@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Jeez, we surveillance hobbyists now.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Also because boy racers and other assorted scrotes would listen in.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The pizza boy union filed too many reports about closed roads and having to find another way home
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you want to see someone who really deserves that title, check out Brendan O’Connor’s talk about the CreepyDOL project at DEFCON 21. Nice reminder of how much information most of us are leaking in the RF spectrum for anybody interested in listening and piecing things together.
ikidd@lemmy.world 2 months ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcvxD7p4Suw
For anyone that’s interested.