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USDOT releases PNT and GPS Backup Technologies report

The report details the results of field demonstrations of mature PNT technologies that could offer complementary service in the event of GPS disruptions

January 19, 2021

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) released the Complementary Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and GPS Backup Technologies Demonstration Report to Congress final report.

Chinese Schools Use Uniforms to Track Students

January 2, 2019

Students in Chinese schools are wearing uniforms embedded with computer chips to monitor their attendance.

DHS to Offer GPS Resiliency Tests for Critical infrastructure Devices

February 24, 2017

DHS is offering critical infrastructure manufacturers a chance to test their products against Global Positioning System disruption.

America’s 10 Most Stolen Vehicles

August 31, 2015

The Honda Accord was the most stolen vehicle in 2010.

USPS Mail Carriers are Getting a 'Panic Button'

July 13, 2015

The Postal Service is shipping all 230,000 carriers new mobile devices with a soon-to-be-activated "panic button."

The Other Edge of Tracking People

Bill Zalud

May 1, 2012

For cell phone users, and that includes most everyone these days, there are myriad choices in plans beyond the hundreds of phones themselves. Anytime minutes. Off-peak minutes. Domestic roaming charges. International roaming charges. Minutes overage fees. Text messaging plans. Data plans. Limits and slowdowns on data plans.

How Mom’s Vaporub Created E-mail Spam

Bill Zalud

March 5, 2012

It was, in its time, a soothing miracle cure or a humiliating school day when I smelled like an over mentholated pine forest. But it’s also an example of a domino falling, which can lead to surprising places, both good and bad. There are domino effect examples throughout the security field, too.

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