Great points, especially,
> They can only get widespread adoption by other hams if they are documented.
> So this regulates itself
Until the first project gets traction that allows you to easily drop in public/private key encryption of payload.
> They can only get widespread adoption by other hams if they are documented.
> So this regulates itself
Until the first project gets traction that allows you to easily drop in public/private key encryption of payload.
There are already protocols that are widely used in ham radio that support encryption. For example, DMR supports encryption (because DMR can also operate in commercial bands, under different laws), it's just not used for ham radio and I've never seen a ham turn it on. Wifi supports encryption, and ham radio operators using it in ham radio bands (with more power) actually turn encryption on but document the PSK publicly (in an attempt to keep the non hams out, but make the encryption more an encoding that anyone could decode).
In my experience, ham radio operators generally roughly follow the rules.
You could incorporate cryptographic signatures, diffie-helmann key exchanges, all kinds of fun stuff, and so long as you periodically transmit the decryption key, you're not hiding anything. I'm not sure what the legality of this is.