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Grim Yagi is making his rounds (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio

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[–] seathru@quokk.au 15 points 4 months ago (8 children)

I've given away half a dozen cheap chinese radios this christmas.

But I've also disabled the output and turned them into police scanners. The more people watching the watchers, the better.

[–] einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Incredible that in 2026 there are still non encrypted Police radio services out there, maybe i am to EU to understand how that is even possible

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

It's not very complicated, people are cheap and try to save money in the stupidest ways. They also trust lying salespeople.

Can't tell you how many million dollar plus systems/software I've been involved with integrating at my workplace (not law enforcement related) where the main reason the damn thing was purchased turns out to be non-functional due to no one checking the sales guy's claims until the contract ink is all dry.

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