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Interesting little tender

Postby Blacky » Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:47 am

https://www.tenders.vic.gov.au/tenders/ ... pen-tender

The Lead Department is seeking responses to this Request for Information (RFI) for Location Based Identification of Active Mobile Handsets For Emergency Notification Purposes that will enable State and Territory Governments to deliver warnings to mobile handsets based on the geographical location of active mobile handsets within a defined emergency area.


hmm who else thinks this system could be mis-used!
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Re: Interesting little tender

Postby Frost » Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:59 pm

Isnt this the System Telstra just won the Tender for?

What mis uses do you forsee?
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Re: Interesting little tender

Postby Jimmeh » Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:30 pm

Frost wrote:Isnt this the System Telstra just won the Tender for?

What mis uses do you forsee?


Misuse of a locational database of all active cell phones in Australia?

Plenty.
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Re: Interesting little tender

Postby Frost » Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:38 pm

Ahh K, Fair enough
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