For more than 25 years, a technology used for critical data and voice radio communications around the world has been shrouded in secrecy to prevent anyone from closely scrutinizing its security ...

The silence is deafening. And it’s going to get louder. The NYPD began encrypting its radio transmissions on Staten Island in February. That means that members of the media and the public no longer ...

The days of Chicago reporters and news photographers relying on a live, crackling police scanner to chase news and tell the public what officers are doing in real time are quickly coming to an end.

For the first time since implementing radio technology in the early 20th century, the San Francisco Police Department has begun encrypting practically all of its radio transmissions, making them ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WASHINGTON— A petition to allow ham radio transmission encryption is getting some attention. Don ...

Some police and fire departments are bucking a trend to conceal dispatch communications from the public, acknowledging that radio encryption has the potential to backfire and put first responders in ...

The music industry changed its tune during recent hearings before the House of Representatives, saying copy-controlling encryption of digital AM/FM (HD Radio) broadcasts isn’t likely to be workable.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The public may no longer be able to listen to Denver police radio communications if the department moves forward with a proposal to encrypt all of its radios ...

You should be able to trust your wireless keyboard. And yet security researchers have been warning people to be suspicious of wireless computer accessories using sketchy radio protocols for years.