Comment on In some countries (such as the USA), sending encrypted communications via Amateur Radio is illegal, but how likely will the government actually enforce it, and how severe would the consequences be?

muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I don’t know if it’s illegal, but Meshtastic takes place outside the amateur radio bands (using LoRa IIRC) and thus isn’t bound by amateur radio licensing requirements, so the law prohibiting encryption on the ham bands doesn’t apply. Some other law might.

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• demonmariner@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If your Meshtastic device is transmitting in the ham bands (some do) encryption is illegal. Most people use Meshtastic outside the ham bands though.

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