Sunday at 6:40am, Carl Youngblood said:
On 1/12/06, Oscar Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
through the 40's, 50's and into today. Ham traffic can not be secured to
encrypt the data as required by some of the new privacy laws. As I read
the
regs I can not see any legal way to pass traffic which may reveal
information
about the heath or status of anyone especially a minor. Also if a cell
phone
I am no ham radio expert, but I have seen ads for digital ham radio setups
that can transfer whatever data you want. If you can transfer whatever data
you want, then you can use PKI and/or diffie/helman to transfer data
securely.
There would be no technological limitations to what you propose, you
_could_ send encrypted data, for example via SSL, SSH, TLS, PGP/GPG, or
whatever you like.
However, there are legal limitations. In particular, it is illegal to pass
coded or encrypted information over amateur radio. If sending encrypted
data would have the clear and immediate effect of saving someone's life,
there's a possibility that it qualifies for an exception, but I can't see
how encrypted data would do that where unencrypted data wouldn't. And
personally, if my life were in immediate danger, I'd rather have someone
help me, even if it meant identifying me on the air. In many places
there's a chance that "good samaritan" laws could protect you against
claims that you illegally divulged someone's personal information on the
air, but IANAL.
Mac
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