AISR machines were also adapted by the United States government for monitoring of Signal Beacons. When tested against machines with the primary directive of supporting FM radio stations during the Beacon's Rise, government AISR machines seemed to have been modified to receive Beacon signals up to 90 miles away[1] (compared to the average 30), and were sometimes modified to both be able to receive and transmit on AM radio in encoded messages[2]. Typically, no visual changes were made to government AISR machines, utilized "as-is,"[3] but recovering AISR machines would often opt-in to change their appearance once a better sense of self was established once outside of their work[4].
Following the RadioConnect company's data-scraping scandal[5], almost all government AISR machines were discarded or destroyed,[6] typically with some or all of their contents taken out. Recovered AISR activist groups found the acts to be "inhumane, sickening, and absolutely careless"[7].
Some recovered government AISR machines who have been subject to partial destruction, but remained intact enough to recover, opt-in to keep their "destroyed" look. This visual style is part of the punk AISR subculture Hardwired[8].