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This is like how cellphones are forbidden in planes because their RF emissions- unsecure, unworkable and dangerous. Security theater at best. A proper solution
by 1996 8y ago
This is like how cellphones are forbidden in planes because their RF emissions- unsecure, unworkable and dangerous. Security theater at best.
A proper solution is technological, not social. Selective location GPS jammers, only letting through a different frequency or encryption for military GPS.
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> A proper solution is technological, not social If the last decade had a TL; DR, it would be "technology offers second-rate solutions to social problems." If your soldiers lack the discipline to turn off their phones on command, you've got a bigger problem than RF leakage.
- Dylan16807 8y agoA good solution to people forgetting is to remove the need to remember. Disobeying is a social problem. Imperfect repetition is not.
- quickthrower2 8y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17702893 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17702893
- 1996 8y agoI hope federal laws for protecting endangered species or respecting FCC rules will not cause a major military loss - and that there are exceptions in wartime.