The Emergency Broadcast System is getting an upgrade to stay more with the times. Everyone has seen the alerts on television, but now the Emergency Broadcast System will create the Broadcast Message System which will send text messages to people in the event of a disaster. The text messages can be used in the event of a terrorist attack, inclement weather, Amber Alert, highway accident, or other crisis.
In a sense it will be a very similar system to the one LSU uses when it needs to contact all students quickly because of an emergency. The Broadcast Message System is currently working with all major carriers to do test trials. The Emergency Broadcast System says the system will be in operation by April 2012.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Google Street View Helps Police
Google's unique street view images helped police in capturing three drug dealers in Brooklyn, New York. Multiple images captured the three dealers in front of two bodegas as they sold heroin. Undercover officers bought heroin from the dealers multiple times, but the Google images only strengthen the police's case against the dealers. The images also helped police in providing the police with pictures of the drug dealers.
It makes one wonder what else has been captured on Google camera car. The car may have captured other crimes, may be able to solve people's problems, or you may even be able to find yourself on Google's street view.
It makes one wonder what else has been captured on Google camera car. The car may have captured other crimes, may be able to solve people's problems, or you may even be able to find yourself on Google's street view.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Banks try to Fix Apps
Bank of America, Wells Fargo, USAA, and three other banks are trying to fix security flaws in their wireless banking applications. The flaw in their applications is that information is stored on the user's mobile phone. Thus, if a hacker gained physical access to the user's phone or if the hacker got the user to visit a malicious website. In order to get the user to visit a bad website the hacker would have to phish to users by sending either emails or text messages, saying that there is a problem with their account and they need to visit this website to fix the problem.
The information that is stored on the phone is user names, passwords, and financial information that hackers could use for their own personal advantage. The only bank that found no flaws in its mobile applications was the Vanguard Group. It makes you wonder how the banks could have over looked such a simple problem. I mean it is not uncommon for people to lose or sell their phones. And unless erased, the phones would still contain the user's personal banking information.
The information that is stored on the phone is user names, passwords, and financial information that hackers could use for their own personal advantage. The only bank that found no flaws in its mobile applications was the Vanguard Group. It makes you wonder how the banks could have over looked such a simple problem. I mean it is not uncommon for people to lose or sell their phones. And unless erased, the phones would still contain the user's personal banking information.
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