WRXS236

Wow, you are taking this way too personally. I never called anyone illiterate meaning that you can't read or write, which by the way has nothing to do with this topic. I merely wanted to point out that when someone buys a radio and sees the words "Privacy Codes" They are more than likely going to expect their conversation to be private with whomever when it will not be. If we use the term "Filter codes", which is accurately describing what is going on here, there would be much less of this confusion. If you do not want to be less confusing to newcomers that is your choice but I choose to be less confusing.

This is a huge misuse of the terminology here and especially if you have to "think of it a certain way" then you are ignoring that misuse. When I first got my radios and had no idea what these so called privacy codes actually did I was expecting them to keep my transmissions from ears other than intended thus meaning my privacy. As we all know it does nothing of the sort. It is at best a filter to filter out unwanted transmissions. Privacy is completely wrong in an incorrect use of the word. "Filter Codes" is accurate and tells the whole story without having to make noobs think they are doing something than what they are actually doing. If they meant it as a private party then they would call it a "private party" code and not "privacy codes". When you transmit on a radio and expect privacy you would expect your transmissions to go to only the individuals you share a code with. that is not analogous to being in a room expecting privacy.

Great info here on an old topic but can we please stop calling them "Privacy codes" as that is really misleading and do nothing to make your conversations private. They are filter codes as they filter out other transmissions without the code.