Actually, defeating stealth isn't all that hard. One way takes 2 sites and some comparison of the returns. Site A sends the signal, and maps the return. Site B reads the signal from A, then compares it to the signal received by A. If there's a weird "hole" when you overlay the two received signals, there's something there that doesn't bounce radar...
The answer is simple: You need a lawyer to tell you if you need a lawyer.
Can we come up with a new law for this question, kinda like Godwins?
Tip: What some might call a "0 hours minimum" service contract, a lawyer calls a retainer. You pay whether you use it or not, it's usually cheaper than paying per incident, and if you use it more than a time or two, you'll either get canceled or offered a nice shiny new contract with a newer shinier not-so-nice price.
Simply turning the key off, or shifting into neutral sounds like an easy fix, but actually doesn't work very well.
The problem is that most cars use (heavily) vacuum assisted braking. That depends on a running engine producing vacuum, not an engine turned off or blown out.
Try getting in your car without starting it, pump the brakes 3 or 4 times, then see how hard it is to push the pedal even halfway to the floor. According to the ASE (http://www.freeASEstudyguides.com/brake-booster-operation.html) : Brake booster failure will leave a vehicle with a hard brake peddle making it much more difficult to stop. A loss of vacuum from the engine simulates very nicely a brake booster failure.
If you turn the key off, that's usually a lock position combined with the off position. Because of the way most steering locks work, you then have to fight against the steering torque binding the locking pin to get the key back to the on position. Put your key in your car, turn the steering wheel mildly hard against the lock, then try to turn the key to the on position. Not as buttery smooth as you might think?
Now imagine trying to do all this under the stress of a situation that triggers "fight or flight" adrenaline surges and guess how well you remember all this.
What everybody seems to be missing that worries regulators/spectrum enforcers is that this opens the way for the radio equivalent of script kiddies.
Sure, you could disassemble your Radio Shack scanner, desolder this, resolder that, jumper the other, and receive whatever you wanted.
Now, you download this, dbl click that, agree to a EULA, and you're done. Better yet, a fairly simple data wipe of that directory, and there's no evidence.
Consider if this hack did apply to a transmit capable device: Would you be comfortable with script kiddies being able to transmit on your local fire dept/ambulance freqs? Do you really think a script kiddie will respect freq allocations? Even emergency ones?
Now, consider trying to track down every l33t teen kid who runs the software. Make enforcement a nightmare when you go from a couple of thousand complaints a year to tens of thousands a month.
And thus, one of the most common entry points into Linux is lost to Ubuntu.
How many of us actually installed Linux, for the first time, onto a Factory Fresh machine?
Better yet, how many of us then reinstalled windows _just_ long enough to get online and figure out why Linux wouldn't partition/install/boot?
So, keep on about "CD's are soooo last decade", but please keep in mind just how many Linux users saw the light on old hardware of the kind that might only have a CD-ROM.
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Actually, defeating stealth isn't all that hard.
One way takes 2 sites and some comparison of the returns. Site A sends the signal, and maps the return. Site B reads the signal from A, then compares it to the signal received by A. If there's a weird "hole" when you overlay the two received signals, there's something there that doesn't bounce radar...
The answer is simple:
You need a lawyer to tell you if you need a lawyer.
Can we come up with a new law for this question, kinda like Godwins?
Tip: What some might call a "0 hours minimum" service contract, a lawyer calls a retainer. You pay whether you use it or not, it's usually cheaper than paying per incident, and if you use it more than a time or two, you'll either get canceled or offered a nice shiny new contract with a newer shinier not-so-nice price.
Wouldn't everyone taking a rock from the ground in the Grand Canyon result in...A "Grander" Canyon?
"What can we do with the Start menu to revive it, to give it some new identity, give it some new power?"
I know, I know!
KILL IT!
That'll give it some new power!
Bleah. The government doesn't need to watch everybody, they just need to publicly prosecute a few.
Reference: Chilling Effect
Simply turning the key off, or shifting into neutral sounds like an easy fix, but actually doesn't work very well.
The problem is that most cars use (heavily) vacuum assisted braking. That depends on a running engine producing vacuum, not an engine turned off or blown out.
Try getting in your car without starting it, pump the brakes 3 or 4 times, then see how hard it is to push the pedal even halfway to the floor.
According to the ASE (http://www.freeASEstudyguides.com/brake-booster-operation.html) : Brake booster failure will leave a vehicle with a hard brake peddle making it much more difficult to stop.
A loss of vacuum from the engine simulates very nicely a brake booster failure.
If you turn the key off, that's usually a lock position combined with the off position. Because of the way most steering locks work, you then have to fight against the steering torque binding the locking pin to get the key back to the on position.
Put your key in your car, turn the steering wheel mildly hard against the lock, then try to turn the key to the on position. Not as buttery smooth as you might think?
Now imagine trying to do all this under the stress of a situation that triggers "fight or flight" adrenaline surges and guess how well you remember all this.
What everybody seems to be missing that worries regulators/spectrum enforcers is that this opens the way for the radio equivalent of script kiddies.
Sure, you could disassemble your Radio Shack scanner, desolder this, resolder that, jumper the other, and receive whatever you wanted.
Now, you download this, dbl click that, agree to a EULA, and you're done. Better yet, a fairly simple data wipe of that directory, and there's no evidence.
Consider if this hack did apply to a transmit capable device:
Would you be comfortable with script kiddies being able to transmit on your local fire dept/ambulance freqs?
Do you really think a script kiddie will respect freq allocations? Even emergency ones?
Now, consider trying to track down every l33t teen kid who runs the software. Make enforcement a nightmare when you go from a couple of thousand complaints a year to tens of thousands a month.
And how many laws do you have to follow if you decide to become an american citizen? ;>
I like the effort, and appreciate the tool, but how many windows users have python installed? ;>
And thus, one of the most common entry points into Linux is lost to Ubuntu.
How many of us actually installed Linux, for the first time, onto a Factory Fresh machine?
Better yet, how many of us then reinstalled windows _just_ long enough to get online and figure out why Linux wouldn't partition/install/boot?
So, keep on about "CD's are soooo last decade", but please keep in mind just how many Linux users saw the light on old hardware of the kind that might only have a CD-ROM.
Apply to large square of plastic.
Add small micro-controller, a couple of switches, and some minor programming.
Sell as "DanceDance DoorLock".
Profit!!!
For evil fun, simply go to the wiring closet and tighten each and every zip tie as tightly into the cables as possible.
Then put in a large wiring change request.
Although, I'm not sure it counts, since I just fire up the old NeXTStation and FTP it over. ;>
Does recovering Amiga files in ProWrite format from 3" floppies count? Yes, I said three inch, none-a this 'and-a-half' cruft here!