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I have a GETS account that uses this area code. You are given a credit card sized reference card with your PIN number to activate it. There is also another ser

by kijeda 9y ago

I have a GETS account that uses this area code. You are given a credit card sized reference card with your PIN number to activate it. There is also another service called WPS for cell phones where you get priority just by prefixing your number with *272, the only catch there is your specific phone needs to be enrolled.

nodesocket 9y ago
Are you a fire/police chief or in command of some public safety entity?
- kijeda 9y ago
  No, but I do work on what is considered critical infrastructure.
  - akhilcacharya 9y ago
    Power grid?
    - mey 9y ago
      I assume the poster is intentionally not revealing their role. While I am also curious, having known people working in the defense industry, it's considered polite to not ask questions to things they aren't offering information about.
      - komali2 9y ago
        Well this is the internet, where we all have no way of sussing out subtle cultural differences between ourselves off a username. I say let the questions be asked, it causes no harm here.
      - akhilcacharya 9y ago
        Then why the hell even discuss it?
      - falsedan 9y ago
        Then it's weird to reveal that kind of connection on HN, a website about sharing links to sites in order to inform and teach the readers.
    - fapjacks 9y ago
      Just guessing from his/her previous submissions, but maybe something to do with DNS? Root servers? Something similar, maybe.
      - Spooky23 9y ago
        You can get these for all sorts of stuff. Not just secret squirrel things. Running a critical network, supporting critical application, leadership of organizations that impact health and safety, key personnel at hospitals, etc.
        fapjacks 9y ago
        Huh, I wonder why my comment above was downvoted. It seems like a very strange comment to downvote.
    - KevinIsMyName 9y ago
      The OP did not mention it on purpose. Let it be like that. A lot of people here have signed NDA's.
casefields 9y ago
More info on Wireless Priority Service(WPS): https://www.fcc.gov/general/wireless-priority-service-wps https://www.fcc.gov/general/wireless-priority-service-wps
i336_ 9y ago
Unsure if you can answer this, but this info is not utterly impossible to find by trial and error, so it's not concretely private. Are you saying there's more than one 710 number? [Just Y/N]
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
- i336_ 9y ago
  Someone posted a reply to my comment a few minutes ago then deleted it. Proof: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14531411 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14531411 / http://i.imgur.com/HcU8NgS.png http://i.imgur.com/HcU8NgS.png - yes, looks like Arc completely hides newly-posted-then-deleted comments, very probably for aesthetic reasons. In a nice bit of timing, HN Replies (my HN notifier) grabbed the comment before it was deleted! It was interesting, so I'm anonymously adding it below: -- > I have seen first hand a large VoIP carrier reach out to an ITSP because one of their end subscribers was scanning the 710 number space either manually or not. And it was within a few minutes after the scan started. This type of activity (and others too) will set off all kinds of alarms at phone providers.

by kijeda 9y ago

nodesocket 9y ago

Are you a fire/police chief or in command of some public safety entity?

kijeda 9y ago
No, but I do work on what is considered critical infrastructure.
- akhilcacharya 9y ago
  Power grid?
  - mey 9y ago
    I assume the poster is intentionally not revealing their role. While I am also curious, having known people working in the defense industry, it's considered polite to not ask questions to things they aren't offering information about.
    - komali2 9y ago
      Well this is the internet, where we all have no way of sussing out subtle cultural differences between ourselves off a username. I say let the questions be asked, it causes no harm here.
    - akhilcacharya 9y ago
      Then why the hell even discuss it?
    - falsedan 9y ago
      Then it's weird to reveal that kind of connection on HN, a website about sharing links to sites in order to inform and teach the readers.
  - fapjacks 9y ago
    Just guessing from his/her previous submissions, but maybe something to do with DNS? Root servers? Something similar, maybe.
    - Spooky23 9y ago
      You can get these for all sorts of stuff. Not just secret squirrel things. Running a critical network, supporting critical application, leadership of organizations that impact health and safety, key personnel at hospitals, etc.
      - fapjacks 9y ago
        Huh, I wonder why my comment above was downvoted. It seems like a very strange comment to downvote.
  - KevinIsMyName 9y ago
    The OP did not mention it on purpose. Let it be like that. A lot of people here have signed NDA's.

casefields 9y ago

More info on Wireless Priority Service(WPS): https://www.fcc.gov/general/wireless-priority-service-wps https://www.fcc.gov/general/wireless-priority-service-wps

i336_ 9y ago

Unsure if you can answer this, but this info is not utterly impossible to find by trial and error, so it's not concretely private. Are you saying there's more than one 710 number? [Just Y/N]

deleted 9y ago
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i336_ 9y ago
Someone posted a reply to my comment a few minutes ago then deleted it. Proof: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14531411 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14531411 / http://i.imgur.com/HcU8NgS.png http://i.imgur.com/HcU8NgS.png - yes, looks like Arc completely hides newly-posted-then-deleted comments, very probably for aesthetic reasons. In a nice bit of timing, HN Replies (my HN notifier) grabbed the comment before it was deleted! It was interesting, so I'm anonymously adding it below: -- > I have seen first hand a large VoIP carrier reach out to an ITSP because one of their end subscribers was scanning the 710 number space either manually or not. And it was within a few minutes after the scan started. This type of activity (and others too) will set off all kinds of alarms at phone providers.