[IP] Phones studied as attack detector

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Bet it will used for other things. djf

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From: EEkid@aol.com
Date: May 4, 2007 8:15:28 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Phones studied as attack detector

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2007-05-03-cellphone- 
attack-detector_N.htm?csp=34


"Homeland Security officials are looking into outfitting cellphones  
with detectors that would alert emergency responders to radiological  
isotopes, toxic chemicals and biological agents such as anthrax.

"If it's successful, it'll change the way chemical, biological and  
radiation detection is done," says Rolf Dietrich, deputy director of  
the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency, which  
invests in high-tech solutions to secure the nation against terrorist  
attacks. "It's a really, really neat thing."






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