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Communications
Edited by
Ernest Hancock
Personal Communications News / Voice and Data Communications - Telephone, Mobile, Cellular, Ham Radio, Citizen Band (CBs)
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Are U.S. phone landlines in danger of being disconnected?
11-29-2013
AFP
Almost everyone will be off this network in the next four years. It is a dead model walking, said Scott Cleland, of the research and consulting firm Precursor LLC, noting that three quarters of the transition is done.
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Powell Gammill
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Beat electronics companies at own game by building a cellphone
11-29-2013
dvice.com
If you despair at the thought of Chinese factory workers being exploited by cellphone manufacturers, then you might want to consider building this cellphone from a kit designed by David Mellis.
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Secret Radio: A Neglected Freedom Strategy
11-22-2013
The Daily Anarchist
Secret radio provides an alternative means by which to network and to spread information. Especially radios that run on batteries can substitute for the internet and for phones. My alternative communication system includes a ham radio and a short-wav
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Powell Gammill
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Out in the Open: The German Plot to Give You Complete Control of Your Phone
11-18-2013
http://www.wired.com, By Klint Finley
When your last smartphone started to get a little long in the tooth, you probably just bought a new one.
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Robert Lee
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Uncensored Instagrams From North Korea Buck Brutal Trend of Secrecy
11-05-2013
http://www.wired.com
When Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder first went to North Korea in 2000, he was plunged into the darkhe had to leave his phone at customs, and his hotel windows were covered with black plastic.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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Communications WTSHTF, by Rangoon
11-01-2013
Survivalblog.com
There have been many articles written by the prepper community outlining why having a communications plan for a grid down situation is so important.
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The Clever Circuit That Doubles Bandwidth
10-29-2013
http://www.technologyreview.com, By David Talbot
A Stanford startups new radio can send and receive information on the same frequencyan advance that could double the speed of wireless networks.
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Robert Lee
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Handheld Radio Communications When SHTF
10-15-2013
http://www.lewrockwell.com,
During most major disasters, cell phones stop working and people are unable to get in touch with their loved ones.
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Robert Lee
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Absorbed device users oblivious to danger
10-09-2013
San Fransisco Chronicle
A man standing on a crowded Muni train pulls out a .45-caliber pistol. He raises the gun, pointing it across the aisle, before tucking it back against his side. He draws it out several more times, once using the hand holding the gun to wipe his nose.
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Powell Gammill
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CMU Researchers Claim To Have Created Messaging App Even NSA Cant Crack
10-08-2013
CBS News
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have created a smartphone messaging app with security that not even the NSA can break. The app is called SafeSlinger, and is free on the iTunes store, and Google play store for Android phones.
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Powell Gammill
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Intelligent Glasses quickly translate foreign languages in real time
10-02-2013
http://www.dvice.com, Terry Chao
Usually, ordering a meal in a non-English speaking country isn't too bad if the restaurant has pictures, since you can just point and nod. But pictures aren't everywhere, and there will be times you'll need to actually read a road sign, a posted noti
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The one leak with bigger fallout than Snowdens combined
10-02-2013
salon.com
A leak about an August al-Qaida plot reportedly has left U.S. intelligence reeling
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Robert Lee
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12 True Tales of Creepy NSA Cyberstalking
09-27-2013
http://www.wired.com, By Kevin Poulsen
The NSA has released some details of 12 incidents in which analysts used their access to Americas high-tech surveillance infrastructure to spy on girlfriends, boyfriends, and random people they met in social settings.
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Robert Lee
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Handwritten translations now available in Google Translate 2.0
09-23-2013
http://www.dvice.com, Terry Chao
When it comes to translating on-the-go, fumbling with a dictionary or an electronic translator can waste time and energy. That's why the new handwriting feature added in the just-released Google Translate 2.0 update will prove indispensably useful to
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NSA Efforts to Evade Encryption Technology Damaged U.S. Cryptography Standard
09-19-2013
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The latest allegations indicate the NSA manipulated and weakened a cryptography standard issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. As a result, NIST publicly discouraged companies from using that standard and
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Powell Gammill
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Concept: Phonebloks, the Lego-like modular smartphone
09-12-2013
http://www.dvice.com, Colin Druce-McFadden
few times a year, some new smartphone comes out that makes us fall all over ourselves in amazement. How we ever lived without this new device becomes a mystery, and the hunk of absolute crap we've been toting around for the last six months immediatel
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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Satellites and Solar Flares Among Emerging Risks
09-10-2013
propertycasualty360.com
Widespread panic due to solar flares and satellite collisions is no longer the stuff of science-fiction now that these risks have the potential to create prolonged business interruption and billions in insured losses.
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Robert Lee
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Texters take longer to respond when lying, study finds
09-09-2013
sciencerecorder.com
Researchers plan on collection additional data using Microsofts Kinect.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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Thunderclap
09-03-2013
YouTube.Com
Social media is an easy way to say something, but it's a difficult way to be heard. Thunderclap is the first-ever crowdspeaking platform that helps people be heard by saying something together. It allows a single message to be mass-shared, flash mob-
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Donna Hancock
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Hemisphere Project: AT&T Hosting Massive User Database for DEA
09-03-2013
Common Dreams
The program, codenamed Hemisphere, covers 'every call that passes through an AT&T switch not just those made by AT&T customers'
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Robert Lee
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Butterfly inspires new nanotechnology
09-02-2013
nanowerk.com
By mimicking microscopic structures in the wings of a butterfly, an international research team has developed a device smaller than the width of a human hair that could make optical communication faster and more secure.
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Robert Lee
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Space laser to prove increased broadband possible, NASA says
08-31-2013
sciencerecorder.com
Radio frequency communication is rapidly approaching its upper limit of usefulness to the space agency.
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Study Rejects Cell Phone Driving Danger Claims
08-18-2013
The Newspaper
A study rejects the commonly held view that the proliferation of cell phone use among the driving public has made travel more dangerous. Politicians have seized on the perception and outlawed driving while talking on a handheld cell phone
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Powell Gammill
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No Northern Ice Age
08-17-2013
arclein
The globe still received the same amount of heat, but the two super cold poles tempered both hemispheres pretty much in balance. Africa remained habitable as did much of Asia and South America. Much of the continental shelves were also available fo
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Robert Klein
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Amateur Radio for Preppers, by Pastor R.V.
08-16-2013
Survivalblog.com
Introductory Disclaimer: I am not an expert in amateur radio in the sense that I have extensive electronics knowledge, nor am I an expert in prepping. However, I have some experience in disaster and lightweight, portable radio operations an
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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Rules of rock: Ecuador law guarantees local bands airtime
08-12-2013
miamiherald.com
When you spin the radio dial in this high-altitude city you could almost be anywhere.
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Robert Lee
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California issues first cellphone Amber Alert, opt-out available
08-07-2013
latimes.com
Monday marked the first time in California that officials notified the public of a statewide Amber Alert through their cellphones, a California Highway Patrol official said.
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Robert Lee
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Florida Accidentally Banned All Computers, Smart Phones In The State
07-16-2013
Huffington Post
When Florida lawmakers recently voted to ban all Internet cafes, they worded the bill so poorly that they effectively outlawed every computer in the state, according to a recent lawsuit.
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Headlines: Florida Accidentally Banned All Computers, Smart Phones In The State -- California issues first cellphone Amber Alert, opt-out available -- Rules of rock: Ecuador law guarantees local bands airtime
-- Amateur Radio for Preppers, by Pastor R.V. -- No Northern Ice Age -- Study Rejects Cell Phone Driving Danger Claims -- Space laser to prove increased broadband possible, NASA says
-- Butterfly inspires new nanotechnology -- Hemisphere Project: AT&T Hosting Massive User Database for DEA -- Thunderclap -- Texters take longer to respond when lying, study finds
-- Satellites and Solar Flares Among Emerging Risks -- Concept: Phonebloks, the Lego-like modular smartphone -- NSA Efforts to Evade Encryption Technology Damaged U.S. Cryptography Standard -- Handwritten translations now available in Google Translate 2.0 -- 12 True Tales of Creepy NSA Cyberstalking -- The one leak with bigger fallout than Snowdens combined -- Intelligent Glasses quickly translate foreign languages in real time -- CMU Researchers Claim To Have Created Messaging App Even NSA Cant Crack -- Absorbed device users oblivious to danger -- Handheld Radio Communications When SHTF -- The Clever Circuit That Doubles Bandwidth -- Communications WTSHTF, by Rangoon -- Uncensored Instagrams From North Korea Buck Brutal Trend of Secrecy -- Out in the Open: The German Plot to Give You Complete Control of Your Phone -- Secret Radio: A Neglected Freedom Strategy -- Beat electronics companies at own game by building a cellphone -- Are U.S. phone landlines in danger of being disconnected? --
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