ARLA/CLUSTER: Fw: ARLB016 ARRL Urges Denial of Petition to Permit Encryption of Some Emergency Communications

[Jorge Santos]

Desculpa lá Paulo, mas desde quando é que o assunto "proteção civil" passou
a ser tema de segurança nacional??? porque «...*encriptação mas só em
certos assuntos mais sensíveis de ferir susceptibilidades...*», é proteção
civil, diz o nome, quantos mais souberem de algo melhor, mesmo aqueles que
só façam scan de frequências.

Acho que este é um dos problemas da nossa (des)proteção civil, acham-se uma
força militarizada e como tal passível de comunicações especiais (de
corrida) e de agentes especiais.

Por amor de Deus...


2013/7/11 Paulo Santos <ct4dk.santos  gmail.com>

>  Bom dia colega Vilela,
>
> Não há luta nenhuma entre os Radioamadores nos USA e não pretendem tomar
> de assalto o radioamadorismo essa afirmação deve ser a realidade Portuguesa
> porque lá
> por terras dos USA eles levam o serviço publico e a ajuda muito a serio e
> os radioamadores que colaboram em incidentes sabem muito bem o seu lugar e
> cumprem a sua
> função de informar, não é como cá que já vi certa gente a propor mundos e
> fundos às entidades de protecção civil só para terem um lugar de destaque
> enfim andam a "lamber botas"
> são os "generais de penacho" vivem à conta do protagonismo.
>
> Neste assunto da ARRL a minha posição é 50/50 pois concordo com ambas as
> partes, entendo de que as comunicações de radioamadorismo devam ser sempre
> sem encriptações
> pois por vezes uma má interpretação pode ter consequências graves, também
> concordo com a encriptação mas só em certos assuntos mais sensíveis de
> ferir susceptibilidades
> pois como por norma as comunicações de amador são em "claro" e há sempre
> possibilidade de escuta por scanners, imagine uma operação conjunta entre
> amadores e protecção civil
> numa catástrofe em que passavam o relatório de "baixas" ou outra situação
> mais sensível via radioamador, alguém mal intencionado poderia aproveitar
> essa informação para fazer
> circular o caos por entre a população, como conhecimento pessoal das duas
> áreas (amador e Protecção Civil) dai eu entender a posição dos nossos
> colegas Americanos.
>
> 73 de Paulo Santos, CT4DK
>
>
> Em 11/07/2013 10:41, AV escreveu:
>
> Por cá a discussão é muito limitada mas lá nos EUA a luta entre os
> radioamadores genuinos e aqueles que pretendem tomar de assalto o
> radioamadorismo para fins de terceira ordem como a protecção pública, é
> muito acesa.
> Este é só mais um triste episódio, muito bem contrariado pela ARRL.
>
> 73,
> António Vilela
> CT1JHQ
>
> On 10 July 2013 23:50, ACViegas <ct2ixq  radioamadorismo.pt> wrote:
>
>> Caros Amigos ,
>> aqui vai a noticia na integra como me foi enviada.
>> Cumps
>> ACViegas
>> CT2IXQ
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "ARRL Web site" <memberlist  www.arrl.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 7:48 PM
>> To: <acviegas  hotmail.com>
>> Subject: ARLB016 ARRL Urges Denial of Petition to Permit Encryption of
>> Some Emergency Communications
>>
>>  SB QST @ ARL $ARLB016
>>> ARLB016 ARRL Urges Denial of Petition to Permit Encryption of Some
>>> Emergency Communications
>>>
>>> ZCZC AG16
>>> QST de W1AW
>>> ARRL Bulletin 16  ARLB016
>>> >From ARRL Headquarters
>>> Newington CT  July 9, 2013
>>> To all radio amateurs
>>>
>>> SB QST ARL ARLB016
>>> ARLB016 ARRL Urges Denial of Petition to Permit Encryption of Some
>>> Emergency Communications
>>>
>>> The ARRL is calling on the FCC to deny a Petition for Rule Making
>>> (RM-11699) seeking to permit the encryption of certain amateur
>>> communications during emergency operations or related training
>>> exercises. Don Rolph, AB1PH, of E Walpole, Massachusetts, petitioned
>>> the Commission in March to suggest an additional exception to
>>> §97.113, which currently prohibits "messages encoded for the purpose
>>> of obscuring their meaning."
>>>
>>> "While Mr Rolph has concisely stated his argument, it is ARRL's
>>> considered view that there is no factual or legal basis for the
>>> assumption that encryption of transmissions...is necessary in order
>>> to continue and enhance the utility of Amateur Radio emergency and
>>> disaster relief communications," the League said in its comments,
>>> filed today with the FCC. The ARRL also turned away Rolph's
>>> assertion that the current prohibition in §97.113 "has impacted the
>>> relationship of Amateur Radio volunteers and served agencies and
>>> significantly limited the effectiveness of amateurs in supporting
>>> emergency communications." The League said it's unaware of any
>>> evidence that served agencies have been reluctant to utilize Amateur
>>> Radio as part of their emergency or disaster relief communications
>>> plans because of the encryption restrictions in Part 97. The Amateur
>>> Service rule is based on a similar prohibition in international
>>> telecommunication law, the ARRL noted.
>>>
>>> The League characterized as "erroneous" and "unfounded" Rolph's
>>> assumption that encryption of certain information may be required
>>> under the provisions of HIPAA - the Health Insurance Portability and
>>> Accountability Act. "This mistaken assumption leads to the
>>> conclusion that the inability of Amateur Radio operators to encrypt
>>> the content of their transmissions in order to obscure the meaning
>>> of the transmissions renders Amateur Radio less (and decreasingly)
>>> useful to served agencies than it would be if encryption of those
>>> transmissions was permitted," the ARRL said. The League also said it
>>> was unaware of any instance in which state statutes have been cited
>>> by any served agency or group as a reason not to employ Amateur
>>> Radio for emergency communication.
>>>
>>> Radio amateurs, the ARRL countered, are not "covered entities" under
>>> HIPAA, which applies only to health care providers, health plans and
>>> health care clearinghouses. And, the League added, there is no
>>> expectation of privacy in Amateur Radio communications.
>>>
>>> The ARRL said it's not possible to determine the validity of the
>>> claim "that health care agencies subject to HIPAA are or might be
>>> unwilling or reluctant to utilize Amateur Radio in emergency
>>> communications and disaster relief planning" because of any lack of
>>> privacy inherent in Amateur Radio. "Permitting encryption might
>>> remedy the concern as a practical matter, if the concern exists,"
>>> the League continued, but "the complete dearth of even anecdotal
>>> evidence of the existence of that concern" makes it impossible to
>>> justify the proposed rule change on that basis.
>>>
>>> "It is extremely important to insure that Amateur Radio remains
>>> useful to served disaster relief and emergency communications
>>> agencies, which include health care facilities," the League
>>> stressed. "It is just as important to insure that regulatory
>>> impediments to that volunteer work be minimized to the extent
>>> consistent with the nature of the Amateur Radio Service." Amateur
>>> Radio's utility to served agencies in supporting emergency
>>> communication, the ARRL continued, "is high indeed, and is at the
>>> present time unfettered by the inability to encrypt transmissions."
>>>
>>> However, the ARRL said that should it become necessary in the future
>>> for radio amateurs to protect the privacy of individuals whose
>>> medical data may be transmitted by Amateur Radio during or after an
>>> emergency or disaster, "the Commission may be asked to revisit this
>>> matter."
>>>
>>> "It is urgent that Amateur Radio continue to be an essential
>>> component of disaster and emergency communications planning," and
>>> that served agencies, including medical facilities, perceive the
>>> utility of Amateur Radio as unhindered by regulations that prohibit
>>> encryption, the League emphasized.
>>>
>>> More than 200 comments were filed on RM-11699, most of them tending
>>> to support the ARRL's arguments.
>>> NNNN
>>> /EX
>>>
>>>
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