---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <723c2093-fb05-4b37-ae25-573c5b1c627b@googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 16:15:13 -0700 (PDT) From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: Verizon Testing Drones for Cell Service On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 1:54:37 PM UTC-4, Bill Horne wrote: > As airborne drones find ever more applications, Verizon is testing > unmanned aircraft to provide cellphone service after a natural > disaster. The 200-pound drones are being used in the latest in a > series of tests Verizon has been conducting since 2016, according to > USA Today. > https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Verizon-Testing-Drones-for-Cell-Service-230562-1.html In 1965, they used a dog to run a wire over a bridge weakened by flood waters: https://books.google.com/books?id=LlYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA107&dq=duke%20of%20des%20moines&pg=PA107#v=onepage&q&f=false In 1951, they flew in operators and repair crews from across the nation to restore service: https://books.google.com/books?id=gFQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA3&dq=life%20bell%20flood&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false In 1952, an operator stayed at her post despite rising flood waters to get the word out to emergency responders: https://books.google.com/books?id=sFIEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA7&dq=life%20bell%20flood&pg=PA7#v=onepage&q&f=false In years past, the Bell System gave out the Vail medal to such heroic employees. I don't know if AT&T or Verizon still does. https://books.google.com/books?id=N1IEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA11&dq=life%20bell%20flood&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------------------------ Message-ID: <46BB4979-BFD7-4590-BA57-E45E1BDC2A24@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 13:12:55 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: DHS has detected possible cellphone surveillance in D.C. -- and doesn't know who's doing it DHS has detected possible cellphone surveillance in D.C. - and doesn't know who's doing it The Department of Homeland Security revealed it has observed activity consistent with the use of "StingRay" devices. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dhs-says-it-has-detected-possible-cellphone-surveillance-in-dc--and-doesnt-know-whos-doing-it/2018/04/03/f69fbe36-3785-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <336F1461-22AA-4987-B0C0-C090A01EBC97@roscom.com> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 09:53:58 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Facebook: 'Malicious actors' used its tools to discover identities and collect data Facebook: "Malicious actors" used its tools to discover identities and collect data on a massive global scale. Facebook said it would severely restrict the information developers and other companies can take from the 2 billion users of its social network. The company added that data about 87 million people, mostly living in the United States, was improperly obtained by Cambridge Analytica without the permission of these users. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/04/04/facebook-said-the-personal-data-of-most-its-2-billion-users-has-been-collected-and-shared-with-outsiders/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 06 Apr 2018