85275537
submission
product_bucket writes:
The BBC has been given permission to use a new technology to detect users of the iPlayer who do not hold a TV licence. Researchers at University College London have apparently developed a method to identify specially crafted packets over an encrypted Wi-Fi link without needing to break the underlying encryption itself. TV Licensing (the fee-collecting arm of the BBC) has said the practice is under regular scrutiny by independent regulators, but declined to elaborate on how the technique works.
67506623
submission
product_bucket writes:
The UK's radio regulator Ofcom have today published changes [ofcom.org.uk] in the licensing conditions that remove the mandatory 15 minute callsign ID interval on all allocated frequencies apart from 5MHz, where special conditions remain. In it's place, a requirement for the station to be "clearly identifiable at all times" has been made, along with a requirement to transmit the station callsign "as frequently as is practicable" in a form consistent with the operating mode. The decision also permits the use of encryption when the station is being used for, or on behalf of a user service such as St. John Ambulance. Unusually, no response to the consultation [ofcom.org.uk] has been made available, so there is at present no way to assess the extent to which the changes were based on actual reponses.
64370799
submission
product_bucket writes:
A consultation [ofcom.org.uk] published by the UK Radio Regulator Ofcom seeks views on its plan to remove the mandatory 15 minute callsign identifier interval for amateur radio licensees. The regulator also intends to permit the use of encryption by a single volunteer emergency communications organisation.
The consultation is open until 20th October, and views are sought by interested parties.
