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Cloned Trucks

2008-02-06 12:37:32 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...trucks to bypass security: Savvy criminals are using some of the country's most credible logos, including FedEx, Wal-Mart, DirecTV and the U.S. Border Patrol, to create fake trucks to smuggle drugs, money and illegal aliens across the border, according to a report by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement In August 2006, the Texas...
 
Tags: routine traffic stop, trucks, wal-mart, wal-mart semi-trailer, wal-mart uniform, savvy criminals, criminals, border patrol, fake trucks
 
 
 
 
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AT&T, Starbucks Make Rollout Start Official

2008-04-25 10:02:47 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...trucks at a Starbucks last week , this press release makes it official: AT&T and Starbucks co-announced today that San Antonio--AT&T's corporate HQ town--is the first city to be unwired with AT&T's flavor of Wi-Fi in Starbucks stores. Other markets will follow this year, although, as before, there's no list of markets nor a time table beyond...
 
Tags: starbucks, att, att trucks, starbucks stores, san antonio, t-mobile login page, gain free access, markets, press release
 
 
 
 
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In Next-Gen Bullets and Bombs, Even the Casing Explodes

2008-05-07 01:00:00 by David Hambling in Wired Security
 
...trucks RM shrapnel is also being touted as the ideal way of shooting down incoming rockets and mortar bombs (.pdf A radar-guided defense pod can automatically engage incoming rockets or other threats using RM-based grenades. Weapons designers suggest that RMs can be five to ten times as effective as the existing inert shrapnel for this task....
 
Tags: amounts, release explosive amounts, release, metal, hollow metal cone, explosive, energy, reliably release energy, metal liner
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Car-Fi, Boston Ferry-Fi, Thai-Fi

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2008-06-25 13:43:23 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...trucks will, for an undisclosed price, act as cellular relays over Wi-Fi. The news was leaked and details should be available tomorrow. The LA Times writer notes that while only passengers should use the Internet while the car is in motion, there's no way to prevent the driver from surfing. Except common sense. Yeah, that'll work. (The writer...
 
Tags: kbps upstream, kbps, times writer notes, writer, kbps connections, internet, internet access, 000-hotspot network, evdo rev
 
 
 
 
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Dead Possum Patrol Aided by NYC Wireless Network

2008-06-27 19:54:02 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...trucks in their territory. Let's hope that's not misused! Efficiency is one thing; micro-management is another Another project is testing wireless water-meter reading. The city hopes to spend $90 per meter for the upgrade and shed part of a $12.2m contract with Con Edison that covers 850,000 units. What should be useful about this is that...
 
Tags: network, city, city hopes, 500m wireless network, frighteningly precise amount, head paul cosgrave, sanitation workforce managers, overcome, public safety purposes
 
 
 
 
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Army Orders Pain Ray Trucks; New Report Shows 'Potential for Death'

2008-10-10 15:17:00 by David Hambling in Wired Security
 
After years of testing, the Active Denial System -- the pain ray which drives off rioters with a microwave-like beam -- could finally have its day. The Army is buying five of the truck-mounted systems for $25 million. But the energy weapon may face new hurdles, before it's shipped off to the battlefield; a new report details how the supposedly...
 
Tags: pain ray, supposedly non-lethal blaster, active denial system, army, microwave-like beam, energy weapon, report details, rioters, killer
 
 
 
 
 
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