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Roughly in this genre, the 9/11/2001 pager text data ( https://911.wikileaks.org/files/index.html https://911.wikileaks.org/files/index.html ) are an interestin

Roughly in this genre, the 9/11/2001 pager text data ( https://911.wikileaks.org/files/index.html https://911.wikileaks.org/files/index.html ) are an interesting peek inside people's putatively private conversations.

1f60c 6y ago
What is this?
- willstrafach 6y ago
  Pager messages collected on September 11, 2001. They are also a type of communication which is transmitted without encryption.
  - octoberfranklin 6y ago
    s/is/was/ I miss the days when there was a messaging service you could buy in order to recieve text messages nationwide without transmitting your location. RIP POCSAG
    - JosephRedfern 6y ago
      POCSAG and FLEX are still quite active, in the UK at least.
      - LeCow 6y ago
        I regularly stumble on POGSAG form hospitals/ are homes/logistics places. They throw a lot of credentials around.
INTPenis 6y ago
That was super fascinating. I had no idea these existed. People are getting automated messages of Mozilla Mac builds being complete during the disaster. I was 16 when this happened so I had no idea pagers were used like this. Sort of how push messages or chatops is used today. To aide developers or ops people with notifications.
- ryanianian 6y ago
  Amazon used skytel pagers for oncall notifications until very recently. I had one in 2014.
  - treesknees 6y ago
    Hospitals and other facilities still use pagers for oncall duties. It's quite common. They're robust and last days without a charge.
    - sevensor 6y ago
      When I carried a pager as an engineer at a factory, it lasted for months on AA batteries. It's been almost a dozen years, so I'm starting to forget whether it was one cell or two. It took me years before I stopped reaching for my hip every time the lights flickered.
wil421 6y ago
Lots of reboot NT machine and other IT looking pages. I feel sorry for those sys admins.
coin 6y ago
> 2001-09-12 00:26:08 Metrocall [0134738] A ALPHA Frm: MSN Txt: Hotmail TheFreeStuffNews.com:Take a 5 minute Survey to Win $1,000! I see that spam was alive and well back then

1f60c 6y ago

What is this?

willstrafach 6y ago
Pager messages collected on September 11, 2001. They are also a type of communication which is transmitted without encryption.
- octoberfranklin 6y ago
  s/is/was/ I miss the days when there was a messaging service you could buy in order to recieve text messages nationwide without transmitting your location. RIP POCSAG
  - JosephRedfern 6y ago
    POCSAG and FLEX are still quite active, in the UK at least.
    - LeCow 6y ago
      I regularly stumble on POGSAG form hospitals/ are homes/logistics places. They throw a lot of credentials around.

INTPenis 6y ago

That was super fascinating. I had no idea these existed. People are getting automated messages of Mozilla Mac builds being complete during the disaster. I was 16 when this happened so I had no idea pagers were used like this. Sort of how push messages or chatops is used today. To aide developers or ops people with notifications.

ryanianian 6y ago
Amazon used skytel pagers for oncall notifications until very recently. I had one in 2014.
- treesknees 6y ago
  Hospitals and other facilities still use pagers for oncall duties. It's quite common. They're robust and last days without a charge.
  - sevensor 6y ago
    When I carried a pager as an engineer at a factory, it lasted for months on AA batteries. It's been almost a dozen years, so I'm starting to forget whether it was one cell or two. It took me years before I stopped reaching for my hip every time the lights flickered.

wil421 6y ago

Lots of reboot NT machine and other IT looking pages. I feel sorry for those sys admins.

coin 6y ago

> 2001-09-12 00:26:08 Metrocall [0134738] A ALPHA Frm: MSN Txt: Hotmail TheFreeStuffNews.com:Take a 5 minute Survey to Win $1,000! I see that spam was alive and well back then