The U.S. and Mexican governments have reached agreements on the sharing of wireless spectrum on the border of the two countries, opening up spectrum in the 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz bands to commercial services and public safety agencies, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Friday.
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U.S., Mexico reach border spectrum agreement
Posted by Gsurface
on June 9, 2012
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DHS X-ray Car Scanners Now At Border Crossings
Posted by Gsurface
on January 15, 2012
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OverTheGeicoE writes “CNET has a story on DHS’ whole car X-ray scanners and their potential cancer risks. The story focuses on the Z Portal scanner, which appears to be a stationary version of the older Z Backscatter Vans. The story provides interesting pictures of the device and the images it produces, but it also raises important questions about the devices’ cancer risks. The average energy of the X-ray beam used is three times that used in a CT scan, which could be big trouble for vehicle passengers and drivers should a vehicle stop in mid-scan. Some studies show the risk for cancer from CT scans can be quite high. Worse still, the DHS estimates of the Z Portal’s radiation dosage are likely to be several orders of magnitude too low. ‘Society will pay a huge price in cancer because of this,’ according to one scientist.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
DHS’ X-ray scanners could be cancer risk to border crossers
Posted by Gsurface
on January 12, 2012
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Homeland Security is deploying X-ray scanners to inspect interior of vehicles crossing the border, according to documents obtained by a privacy group, raising new concerns about cancer and privacy risks.
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Blog – America’s Vulnerable Digital Border
Posted by Gsurface
on November 17, 2011
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The chief technology officer of RSA discusses the fallout from this year’s cyberattack on his company.
Bret Hartman’s life changed after he got hacked in March this year—and so did the perception of America’s vulnerability to cyberattacks in the minds of many experts. As chief technology officer of computer security company RSA, Hartman was used to working with companies that learned the hard way that they were unprepared for a cyberattack. But in March, RSA become such a victim. Hartman learned that attackers had infiltrated the company’s network to steal data that could be used to in turn attack clients relying on RSA security software. There are unconfirmed reports that defense companies Lockheed Martin and L-3 Communications were attacked as a result.
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