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"Police Detector" Monitors Emergency Radio Transmissions
schwit1 writes A Dutch company has introduced a detection system that can alert you if a police officer or other emergency services official is using a two-way radio nearby. Blu Eye monitors frequencies used by the encrypted TETRA encrypted communications networks used by government agencies in Europe. It doesn't allow the user to listen in to transmissions, but can detect a radio in operation up to one kilometer away. Even if a message isn't being sent, these radios send pulses out to the network every four seconds and Blu Eye can also pick these up, according to The Sunday Times. A dashboard-mounted monitor uses lights and sounds to alert the driver to the proximity of the source, similar to a radar detector interface.
I don't get why anyone would care if its banned. You can still buy something like a SDR radio dongle for around $20, and, with the right software it could do the exact same thing.
In many places, Ambulances and firefighters are using the same technology. So expect some false positives...
Or you could, you know, follow your local traffic regulations instead of casually breaking the law.
Why is everyone so obsessed with breaking speed limits?
You know the score, pal! You're not a cop, you're little people.
I don't see the problem with knowing where the cops are anyway. Around here anyway, they aren't going to stop real crime, they're too busy hiding in the bushes radaring people in speed traps to actually patrol and possibly prevent a crime. No, they always show up afterwards and tell you what you should have done.
When the police stop behaving like criminals, I'll worry about your concerns. Why am I more worried about the police than some thug on the street? Because a thug can suffer negative consequences for their actions, whether via the justice system or vigilantism. A police officer who commits a crime will rarely ever suffer any negative consequences for their actions and they are often rewarded with additional paid time off and promotions for their crimes.
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Because I have better things to do with my life than sit in my car, and because speed limits are always set far below the speed at which I feel safe driving.
Not in real-time we don't. The only reason for needing to know if the police are nearby is if one is a criminal and/or thinking of doing something criminal.
(Expecting downvotes from the "all police are pigs" idiots)
do we go Schindler, Martin Luther King, Jr., or George Washington at this point to illustrate the 'criminal element'? Oh, nevermind, it's all Jeffrey Dahmers out there trying to eat us.
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
...The only reason for needing to know if the police are nearby is if one is a criminal and/or thinking of doing something criminal.
(Expecting downvotes from the "all police are pigs" idiots)
I have mod points right now, but rather than downmod you I'll jump into the discussion. While I wouldn't say that all police are pigs, anybody who maintains that the average law abiding citizen has nothing to fear from the police either has his head in the sand, or is trolling. If your qualifier had read "if one might be viewed as a criminal and/or thinking of doing something that the police claim is suspicious in order to further their own ends", I'd agree with you. But then, there wouldn't have been much of a reason for you to post, would there?
Of course, you may actually believe that Driving While Black, clenching your butt, wearing a backpack with graffiti on it, or carrying cash, are crimes simply because they seem suspicious to fucked-up and/or corrupt police. If that's the case, then shame on you.
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