[hpsdr] FCC rules Open-source SDR less secure

[Glenn Thomas]

What I suspect is really going on is that the lawyers in the FCC 
would really like to be able to directly control what frequencies & 
modes an SDR (aka "cognitive radio") user can utilize (TX & RX) while 
preventing anyone with an engineering background from being able to 
override the lawyers decrees. That makes the control of information, 
as desired by certain commercial interests, government agencies and 
even governments, much easier to accomplish.

Remember, 'Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls 
the present controls the past.'  (Orwell - 1984)

Be seeing you.

73 de Glenn

At 01:47 PM 7/6/2007, Andreas Troschka wrote:
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>I agree with you, Lawrence.
>Secure? What has security to do with SDR? Do they mean that if I 
>make a mistake in programming my HPSDR maybe this can cause a 
>blast-off of secret US military interconty atomic missiles? :-)
>Seriously, that recalls me many preventive actions masqueraded 
>criminal acts perpetrated by various gov's  in the past.
>
>Duh, I'm so worried about that hacker attempting to change the rx 
>freq. of my SDR receiver! :-)
>
>If a security flow on SDRs is so serious as it seems to be from what 
>FCC states, maybe the real reason has to be searched in the poor 
>security strength of the JTRS and the military scare attacks on 
>this, I'm inducted to think.
>
>No, really, don't worry, this seems to be a further attack of 
>paranoia or a hoax of some military or government clerks annoyed by 
>their repetitive and/or boring jobs.
>
>We are used to see such events regularly happen either in the US as 
>in the rest of the world.
>It is probably the consequence of the Chernobyl's atomic disaster, 
>I'm used to say.
>
>Really don't worry about it, so far George Walker doesn't 
>demonstrate to give weight to this clamours. ;-)
>
>vy 73s de IK2WQI - Andreas
>
>
>Lawrence D. Lopez wrote:
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> > I wouldn't worry about it.
> > It will just harden the open source radios even more.
> >
> > Steven Wilson wrote:
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> >> Thought the group would find this interesting.  FCC has ruled that
> >> commercial Open Source SDR are less secure - implying a harder time
> >> bringing same to market.
> >>
> >> 
> http://news.com.com/Feds+snub+open+source+for+smart+radios/2100-1041_3-6195102.html?tag=nefd.lede
> >>
> >>
> >
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