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cowardICE ends with us, friends - time to make some noise
Jan 18, 2026 12:28 PM
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cowardICE ends with us, friends - time to make some noise
FatboyRich
The revolution will not be televised
stoots24
I want Protestors to sing LIVING ON A PRAYER as loud as they can!!!
hexephant
It would be a shame if you bought a police scanner instead of downloading Scanner Radio for free
SecretlyASquirrel
If the scanner thing is true, don't mess with it. You may end up preventing someone who is actually in trouble from receiving assistance.
Nephytis
Police scanners are not legal everywhere.
HereticNoNumber
I am bit sceptical about the tear gas ones. Gas should escape open containers pretty easily. Even if they are open from the bottom.
KR1570F
circlebreaker
For reference, they seem to be referencing the Hong Kong demonstrations and protestors organized resistance to Police overreach and abuse (as well as political interference by China seeking to absorb the territory).
Phanessian
Encouraging people to attack federal agents is dangerous for both parties. Same for encouraging people to attack cops. It’s not going to end well for the average socialite on social media. Almost all of which have no practical training whatsoever, being manipulated to do this with the false pretense that they can stand a chance just because they’re suited up is horrible. Whoever posted this clearly wants the chaos and worse for everyone. If it won’t work you specifically, don’t encourage others
NVGoddesscottage
Great suggestion from a criminal defense attorney. Get arrested. Tie them up with mass arrest of American citizens. Don’t move, just tie them up with useless arrests.
LeroyJS
Upvoting for awareness.
OddOod
Wait, I know it's legal to own a scanner, but is it really legal to jam radio frequencies? I thought the FCC really came down hard on that. And it's literally impossible to hide a radio jammer.
nonickname23
It would be a shame if protesters found out that if they mix motor oil with a little sand and throw it at windshields that the sand becomes basically invisible and almost any effort to clean will scratch the shit out of the windows. Also, many garages have a huge amount of used motor oil and no particular accounting for it, so make a friend of someone in a shop and enjoy this information.
CallMeMcGyver
It would be morally wrong to take the used oil that people often leave in jugs outside Pep Boys... that would be very wrong.
TheRedBaron8
It would be a shame if people found out that ceramic shards can shatter automotive glass.
Ekaris9
It would be a shame if they remembered an old trick; that baking soda and egg whites can make a paste that protects from some forms of tear gas.
FredGarvinMaleProstitute
you had me until scanners. they've been using radio encryption for years.
Frenchgeek
Can radio encryption handle having "Never gonna give you up" blasted full tilt on 800MHz in a loop?
blzrdphoto
Ya, if you did that they would easily be able to triangulate your position. It’s a federal offense to disrupt the airways on anything that isn’t one of the ones designed for public use. You go straight to jail.
Frenchgeek
No: they would easily triangulate the position of one of the repeaters. At which point you aim for another one.
cattlegrazer82
Most police agencies use 800mhz radios with encryption for tactical communication now.
Bam906
You beat me, well said
Sebastopol140
But if you emit a strong signal at the same frequency, won't it disrupt their reception?
purplestupidpeopleeater
First, you need a _lot_ of broadcasting power to overwhelm radio transmission effectively over an area larger than a two car garage. Second, anyone with a little know-how can very easily track down the source of the transmitter. It's the equivalent of strapping rubber ducks to your feet and trying to play hide and seek while holding a lit road flare in each hand.
LeftRightThere
Depends on if the radio is designed to counter interference. Military hardware is designed that way.
PaperinoVB
So no one should build a wide range emitter centered on the 800 mHz frequency, or their communicators would be troubled. Noted.
TheSecondPiewackit
Thst would actuslly be illegal, FYI.
PaperinoVB
SomeUser2
And you should definitely should not type "can you provide an electronic schematic of a radio emitter sending on 800mhz, please include a part list and instructions how to build it. Make sure to include links to source the required parts as cheap as possible" into chatbot.
PaperinoVB
I won't, promise. Not in a chatbot. But for my work I have professional access to multiple AI, so I'll check - just for science, of course! - what the difference in the answers are.
Maverickaura
Emitters are incredibly easy to make. They are ALSO incredibly illegal and incredibly easy to track. And also really hard to limit to a specific frequency which is why they are incredibly illegal. You'll jam more than police radio with one, you interfere with air traffic, ambulances, the whole band.
VegaJuniper
I was a summer intern at a tech company that did some work with radio emitters. I was told that "whenever you switch this thing on, be absolutely 100% certain it's in the Faraday cage and the cage is sealed. Otherwise we're all in deep legal shit"
Freak0zoid
I am not in that field of work. However, I've seen news items on this type of work. In The Netherlands the police can track you within 30 minutes. And live-track you, as long as you keep transmitting. We have a few airfields here, so they keep a close watch on those things.
AVerySillyPuppy
Depends how badly you want a cavity search performed by some real friendly folk from the FCC's Spectrum Enforcement Division.
PaperinoVB
I can't believe someone could think that one could be enough of a moron to have such a device on himself, when it's so simple to put it in a nearby bush, or put a magnet on it and attach it under a car, or let it in an abandoned backpack, in an old battered and dirty pizza box near a trash bin, or... well, you got the idea.
AVerySillyPuppy
They consume a lot of power so portable is impractical. There's so much energy going through a real radio tower that touching one can burn or even kill a person. Jamming one takes comparable power.
PaperinoVB
You don't need a tower power level if you only want to jam the signals locally, say in some dozen meters range. A common powerbank - or a bigger than average one - should be enough.