[Travis McGee]

CW2 Ping

Why a CW2 ping for a tech story? Because I'm convinced that the most critical "battle space" of any CW2 will be cyber space. To that end, I've made the use and misuse of the internet, cell phones and smart phones a key part of my novels.

Too many folks are preparing for some kind of guerrilla warfare in the woods, and they have every bit of tactical gear imaginable.

But the real front in CW2 will involve locating enemies via the internet and this type of tracking technology, and then "disappearing" or "accidenting" or otherwise disposing of them.

Folks, please carefully consider the cyber front in your CW2 thinking.

[MountainDad]

The last unit that I had the honor to cover was 4-4 Cav.

Hey! That's my sons' unit!

[Lurker]

Wow. Just wow.

Thanks very much for posting this. When the balloon goes up Step 1 will be finding ways to take advantage of this technology for my purposes. Remember my friend, if they can do it to us, we can do it right back to them.

How hard would it be to duct tape a smart device to a vehicle and track that sucker where ever it goes? Just a thought...

[Paine in the Neck]

Yes, it is becoming increasingly hard to go “dark”.

How do we jiu jitsu these electronic intrusions?

btw, just last night I saw the first commercial for Gov’t Motors’ “OnStar for everybody” system. You can now pay Obama to have yourself surveilled 24/7.

[mewzilla]

=8-0

Bump for later....

[Manly Warrior]

Okay, techno-types, how do I disable the gizmos in my cell phone (can I, legally do so-if the answer is no, I have the intell I need)? I understand triagulation will always be there, but what about remving the GPS capability?

Do burn phones come equipped with GPS as well?

[ßuddaßudd]

bump

[steveo]

"information superhighway"???

Welcome back to 1998.