[sytelus]

It’s not about just carrying device.

they explain that he was using the RTL-SDR as part of his investigation for monitoring air traffic to Libya in an attempt to link flights against violations of the arms embargo.

So the person in question supposedly wanted to prove that Tunisia is potentially violating UN embargo by possibly monitoring air traffic communications without permission.

[dingaling]

Tunisia and Algeria are well-known in enthusiast circles as countries where you do not try to monitor ATC or Mode-S transmissions.

He had a noble cause but what he was doing would have to be done in a hands-off, anonymous way with relay to an outside recipient. Perhaps remote solar-charged SoC units with satellite uplink, but that's getting into serious money.

[Bombthecat]

That would explain the arrest and silence from all parties. They don't want to wake up the hornet nest.

[ambicapter]

What embargoes related to flight is Tunisia under?