http://www.msnbc.com/news/788080.asp
Defense workers face wireless limits Defense Department to set restrictions on wireless devices ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, July 31 - The wireless soldier may be getting some new strings attached. The Defense Department, concerned that hackers or spies might eavesdrop on classified meetings or secretly track the locations of top U.S. officials, is imposing new limits on its' workers use of the latest generation of wireless devices inside military buildings. THE NEW RULES will outline new restrictions on civilian and military employees carrying cellular telephones, pagers and handheld computers while working, even devices that employees bought themselves and carry for their personal convenience at work, said John P. Stenbit, the assistant defense secretary for command, control, communications and intelligence... ...In an earlier speech at the same conference, President Bush's top cyber-security adviser, Richard Clarke, said the technology industry was acting irresponsibly by selling wireless tools such as computer network devices that remain remarkably easy for hackers to attack. The industry's most common data-scrambling technique designed to keep out eavesdroppers, called the wireless encryption protocol, can be broken - usually in less than five minutes - with software available on the Internet... - The "PDA" has been banned from the military for quite some time. But I don't think they are talking about public display of affection this time. ^_^ -Cody
