[MilCom] Re: RR.com and security issues

[Tom Swisher]

--- "Ken" <rfinder1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Once again I think that IF any information is posted
> that has been obtained by ON AIR active radio 
> monitoring, I see no reason to remove it. HOWEVER, 
> IF the information was obtained from "insider"
> information (which most likely is For Official Use 
> Only Information) than it should be removed. I guess
 
> the problem that Blanton faces is determining where 
> the information posted actually come from for   
> inclusion in the database.

Ken, I agree with you on the on-air monitoring aspect.
However, having my own web site as well as being a DB
admin for RR.com, I cannot agree on the other part. If
someone submits information, we simply have no way of
telling how they came by that information. It could
simply be good monitoring work by someone, or they may
have a contact somewhere that provided the information
to them.

Either way, the person who has violated any security
regulations is the employee who released the
information in the first place, not the web site who
posted it.

And I personally, even though I work in public safety,
feel that if agencies wish their comms to be secure,
they should be using the encryption devices they no
doubt have. If they do not have the capability, or
have it and do not use it, they have no room to
complain about people listening in. You can't overturn
the laws of physics in the name of security.

Tom WA8PYR

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