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Message Digest
Volume 29 : Issue 18 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
Network flaw causes scary Web error
Re: FCC to many "wireless microphone" users: turn them off!
Re: FCC to many "wireless microphone" users: turn them off!
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Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:08:25 -0800
From: Steven <diespammers@killspammers.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Network flaw causes scary Web error
Message-ID: <hitres$80i$1@news.eternal-september.org>
Anyone have this bug?
AP Exclusive: Network flaw causes scary Web error
By JORDAN ROBERTSON
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A Georgia mother and her two daughters logged onto
Facebook from mobile phones last weekend and wound up in a startling
place: strangers' accounts with full access to troves of private
information.
The glitch - the result of a routing problem at the family's wireless
carrier, AT&T - revealed a little known security flaw with far reaching
implications for everyone on the Internet, not just Facebook users.
In each case, the Internet lost track of who was who, putting the women
into the wrong accounts. It doesn't appear the users could have done
anything to stop it. The problem adds a dimension to researchers'
warnings that there are many ways online information - from mundane data
to dark secrets - can go away.
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Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:21:43 -0800 (PST)
From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: FCC to many "wireless microphone" users: turn them off!
Message-ID: <b35114d3-98d7-4c6c-8614-61a103525fa5@j19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>
On Jan 15, 11:03 pm, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote:
> The order will primarily impact the use of wireless microphone
> systems that currently operate in the 700MHz band.
I use a corded headset with my cellphone. It was cheap to buy (far
cheaper than a Bluetooth), has good voice quality, and the cord is not
a problem.
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:45:53 -0500
From: "Gary" <fake-email-address@bogus.hotmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: FCC to many "wireless microphone" users: turn them off!
Message-ID: <hivpdk$qmk$1@news.eternal-september.org>
<hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote in message
news:b35114d3-98d7-4c6c-8614-61a103525fa5@j19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com...
> On Jan 15, 11:03 pm, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote:
>
>> The order will primarily impact the use of wireless microphone
>> systems that currently operate in the 700MHz band.
>
> I use a corded headset with my cellphone. It was cheap to buy (far
> cheaper than a Bluetooth), has good voice quality, and the cord is not
> a problem.
This has nothing to do with wireless headsets for cell phones. This is
about wireless microphones that are used by many religious organizations,
musicians, theatrical productions, schools, broadcasters, and more.
The larger and more professional groups know about this issue and typically
have the resources to replace their equipment. Most of the smaller users
have no idea about this and will only learn of it when their mics stop
working when a wireless company turns on a 700 Mhz system in the area.
Compounding this is the simple fact that even if a smaller organization is
aware of the problem, the often do not have the money to replace their
existing systems.
Note that several of the major produces of wireless microphones are offering
rebates to help defray the cost of replacements. A quick Google search will
yield details.
-Gary
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