[Scan-DC] Has anybody tried the Citizen app?

[Greg Danes]

I thought the ECPA of 1934 disallowed making money based upon what you
intercept in communications over a open radio circuit. I could be wrong
about that but I do know what hit me years ago was the fact it was a
federal crime to use radio in the commission of a felony or *personal gain*.
All that being said with the internet live streaming real time events on
broadcastify it seems harder if not impossible to enforce some of these
things short of encrypting communications. Social media it seems is
becoming more of the problem than a solution. I must be getting old and
cynical or just old :)

KJ4DGE

On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 9:35 PM Peter Rothschild <lists at peter-rothschild.com>
wrote:

> Great.  Based on that article, in the short run it sounds like a way to
> make
> a few bucks by listening to scanners.  In the long run (or not so long), it
> gives public safety organizations even MORE reason to encrypt.  Farther
> out,
> this kind of thing may be all we have once everything is encrypted.
>
> --Peter--
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of Brian Rokus
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 7:51 PM
> To: Scan DC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Has anybody tried the Citizen app?
>
>
> For anyone further interested, the New York Times just ran an in-depth
> article about it - including how people were at one point paid to stream
> video from incidents.
>
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/17/style/citizen-neighborhood-crime-app.html
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on
> behalf of Kenneth Lorber <kmlweather at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 8:44 AM
> To: Steve
> Cc: Scott, KB3JQQ; Scan DC
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Has anybody tried the Citizen app?
>
> Baltimore is covered and they are apparently adding more soon. But yes, DC
> and surrounding areas have zero coverage essentially. I like the premise,
> though.
>
> Kenny Lorber
>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 8:13 PM Steve <restonham at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Totally useless app unless you live in the few urban areas that they
> > cover.  Installed the app, then quickly deleted it when it became
> > evident that I don't live anywhere near the areas covered.
> >
> > Steve, N4EUK
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 10:21 AM Scott, KB3JQQ via Scan-DC <
> > scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I installed it a bit earlier. The only problem is I'm in the county
> > > and it covers the city. I may be a mile from the line, but NW is way
> > > too busy to monitor.
> > >
> > > I just checked and there was a foot pursuit through the Reisterstown
> > > Road Plaza. I hear the calls in the neighborhood next to there
> > > because it's county.
> > >
> > > Kind of useless to me right now.
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