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The ARRL asked eBay to clarify, and eBay confirmed devices that can operate only on amateur frequencies are exempt. Two-way VHF/UHF radios able to transmit outside ham bands still need FCC certification.
The thread's real question: why ham radio operators police each other so hard.
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A Financial Times report links eBay’s 2019 harassment campaign to a $56 million payout. HN readers returned to the uncomfortable governance question: how did a security operation gain enough internal permission to pursue a couple who criticized the company?
Craig Newmark has directed about half a billion dollars to charity, much of it to military veterans and cybersecurity defense. The puzzle the thread fixated on: how does Craigslist make that kind of money when it charges only for job and a few other postings, and runs almost no ads?
A former eBay/PayPal security engineer who once saw its setup described the infrastructure as almost trivially simple. The harder pushback came on philanthropy itself: two decades in, what has billionaire giving actually changed?
