Originally Posted by ATC Watcher
The Confidentiality clause we had to sign to get an R/T license seems a bit old fashioned in the face of today's technology doesn't it ?
Much of the old licensing red tape has simply been overtaken by technology. After all, in theory, one ought to need an R/T rating to use a cell phone
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While transmissions are made in the clear in the air there is no practical way to prevent eavesdropping. You'd need a burst transmitter and frequency dancing, but I'm sure some geeks will eventually find a way to decode that too.
So just don't say (or type) anything you might have cause to regret
