How To Decrypt Apco 25 Encryption
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As you probably know, P25 is where a voice signal is transformed into digital, which is a series of 0's and 1's. Scanners will re-convert these 0's and 1's back into a voice signal.However a transmitting radio using encryption will 'scramble' the 0's and 1's around. Receiving radios have to have an algorithm or key on how the transmitting radio 'scrambled' that digital stream.While there are several types of encryption processes in radio use, probably the most common is AES or Advanced Encryption Standard.The purpose of encrypting radio traffic is to keep the communications private so that 'bad guys' can't listen to the 'good guys'.The federal government has passed a law (18 US Code 2511) that prohibits the interception of encrypted radio communications. So even if you could come up with a way of 'breaking' the encryption algorithm (the odds are very long against that), you would be in violation of federal law and could spend up to five years in prison. Thanks, new one to me. That thread proves one thing only, sending a PIO emails after the fact, won't work.What is the one thing elected officials and their appointees want more than anything?But I digress.The debate has to be about selectable encryption versus strapped encryption.Most elected officials don't know and/or care about radio communications. It's not a 'sexy' issue.
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They take the advise of the CLEO and in some cases, the radio vendor.If someone or a group starts asking questions about the policy, guess what, they will have to defend, make compromises to or eliminate it. They might tell you to 'pound sand' but this is not what I found to be the case.The situation I alluded to in my earlier post happened earlier this year in the Midwest and I for one was proud to see folks from different backgrounds and viewpoints, come together for a common cause. You don't see this much anymore.In this case, the elected officials rejected the CLEO request to strap.The key point is come together with like minded individuals, even if this is the only item you might agree on.In the end, the question you have to ask yourself is, 'How important is it to me and my community?' Personally I have never had to confront this issue in my community. I became aware of the encryption issue over the years as I attended town/city/county council, zoning and other public meetings as a company representative and subject-matter expert on projects my employer was involved in. Fwiw if the PD uses it now and upgraded pushing data across the dispatch voice channel they will encrypt it as the data would be readable and decoded by third party.
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Now you can receive standard (unencrypted) APCO Project 25 digital signals using an ordinary analog receiver that has a 10.7 MHz IF output. The ARD25 processes the 10.7 MHz signal, converts the digital transmission and sends it to the internal speaker, or your station speaker. Decrypt P25 Radio. 5 mobiles, portables and base stations - or any other end point for voice or user data in a P2. The following options are available: AES/DES P2. Encryption Engine plus P2. Key Fill Device (KFD) protocol support, P2. Over- The- Air- Rekeying (OTAR), New Link Layer Authentication and P2. Key Management Facility (KMF).
A few know what I'm talking about. If your area decides to utilize this technology and equipment over a voice channel side by side you can bet and guarantee that aes 256 will be used. You can say it is a cheap route for a specific piece of equipment and lts type data. If advanced communications Inc is involved in the upgrade or install you bet this will be the cheap route offered for two different uses of data shared with voice. Seen it on conv also being done. I don't agree with it but they are doing it as cheap route all over. Encryption to the scanner hobbyist's world is like gun laws to the NRS's world.
BUT there IS an NRA to fight those laws, and keep them reasonable. The cigar smoking industry has a legislative group called Cigar Rights of America who helps prevent unreasonable cigar legislation. This is what the scanner industry and what hobbyists need too! Scanner Rights of America. In my opinion there is NO valid excuse to go full time encrypted. 'Officer safety' is the number one reason that this happens. There are FAR more law abiding scanner listeners willing to help law enforcement than there are criminals out to harm them.Lowndes County Georgia just went full time encrypted, police, fire, sheriff's etc., again, my opinion only, they are only hurting themselves in the long run if the average scanner listener can't help prevent and fight crime by knowing what's going on around them.
I have helped my local law enforcement numerous times by being a witness to and assisting them in being an extra pair of eyes. Encryption to the scanner hobbyist's world is like gun laws to the NRS's world.
BUT there IS an NRA to fight those laws, and keep them reasonable. The cigar smoking industry has a legislative group called Cigar Rights of America who helps prevent unreasonable cigar legislation. This is what the scanner industry and what hobbyists need too! Scanner Rights of America. In my opinion there is NO valid excuse to go full time encrypted. 'Officer safety' is the number one reason that this happens.
There are FAR more law abiding scanner listeners willing to help law enforcement than there are criminals out to harm them.Lowndes County Georgia just went full time encrypted, police, fire, sheriff's etc., again, my opinion only, they are only hurting themselves in the long run if the average scanner listener can't help prevent and fight crime by knowing what's going on around them. I have helped my local law enforcement numerous times by being a witness to and assisting them in being an extra pair of eyes. You hear the 'if only we had' a group like the NRA for petty much every cause under the sun.The reason the NRA is so successful, it's not because of money, it's because they have one of the most passionate groups of members you will ever find. NRA members don't just send a check and then 'phone it in'. They hold the elected and appointed officials accountable. NRA members are calling, emailing, attending ever public meeting held, utilizing social media and above all else being the 'squeaky wheel'.This is what is sorely lacking in the radio scanning hobby.
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I just did a quick search here and could not find one thread where someone stated, 'My community just encrypted their public safety communications and I am mad as hell and I am not going to take this laying down'. Never any mention of meeting or even trying to meet with the folks who made the decision or attending open public meetings, budget hearings and the like and speaking their mind. No social media campaigns.What do you find if you do this search? Whining and suggestions of illegal tactics.Let's be honest, encryption at the local or even state level is never going to be a topic for the mainstream media, it is a local issue and even then one most, including some elected and appointed officials care little about. This apathy is your advantage.In all the cases that I have just happen to stumble upon in my travels for work, EVERY time a victory occurs for the scanner hobbyist it is because they and another like minded individuals and organizations came together and took the NRA's 'take no prisoners' approach. Some times the result is small, just dispatch is in the 'clear' and other times, like the case I mentioned earlier in this thread, a greater victory is had.But getting back to your original point, sure, I agree that the scanner manufacturers, the retailers/dealers who profit from scanner sales and even sites like Radio Reference should become more involved in this issue but at the end of the day unless the scanner hobbyists are willing to do the grassroots legwork on the local level, it won't matter how much money is thrown at the issue or how powerful a lobby you have.