London incidents
Mark Newton
newton at internode.com.au
Tue Jul 12 09:50:15 UTC 2005
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 10:57:55PM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> In message <Pine.LNX.4.63.0507111753360.5504 at bacchus.billn.net>, Bill Nash writes:
> >Would the folks posting news related events please footnote source URLS,
> >especially if arguing over factual details?
>
> http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39150177,00.htm
> has what Sean was referring to.
Then we have this:
http://us.cnn.com/2005/US/07/11/tunnels.cell.phones.ap/index.html
"The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs area
transit hubs, bridges and tunnels, decided last Thursday to
indefinitely sever power to transmitters providing wireless
service in the Holland and Lincoln tunnels, spokesman Tony
Ciavolella said Monday."
[ ... ]
"The Department of Homeland Security said the decision in New York
to cut off cellular service was made without any recommendation by
the federal government's National Communications System, which
ensures communications are available during national emergencies."
I gotta say, this is pretty typical of the lack of coordination and
actual rational thought that goes into reacting to security incidents.
There's been -nothing- from the Brits to say that cellphones were
involved in their explosions; And DHS says they haven't made any
recommendations one way or the other; And there's no reason to
believe that the threat to the New York subway system is any higher
than usual; And yet someone at the Port Authority has made a
unilateral decision to shut off the cells, and now if there -is- a
real emergency nobody can call 911.
Breathtaking.
- mark
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