Insecurity Plagues Emergency Alert System

Insecurity Plagues Emergency Alert System
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2002-09-10

The FCC-mandated network that lets officials interrupt radio and television broadcasts in an emergency is wide open to electronic tampering, and the government has no plans to fix it.

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Insecurity Plagues Amber Alert System 2002-09-10
guest user (1 replies)

I was surprised to see this fascinating story published for all to see.

Hopefully, the release of this story will force the FCC to replace EAS with at least a semi-secure technology....

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You old guys will know what im refering to 2002-09-11
DC0 (1 replies)

Im only a young guy but remember my grandparents and parents laughing a great deal about this matter. Here it is.

Back in the day when space exploration was in its todler stages a radio broadcast was sent around saying how we were being invaded by mars. I cant remember the name of it, but it was ...

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You old guys will know what im refering to 2002-09-11
Anonymous (1 replies)

That wasn't a spoofed message, it was a radio program....

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You old guys will know what im refering to 2002-09-11
Anonymous

It was a radio play adaptation of "War of the Worlds". It caused wide spread actual panic. Since that time broadcasters have gone to great lengths to disclaim reality. Imagine what a field day the lawyers would have these days if something similar happened....

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Insecurity Plagues Emergency Alert System 2002-09-11
Am I Anonymous?

The EAS system is the SAME system used by the National Weather Service on the so called "All Hazards Radio" (Weather Radio) that almost everyone is familiar with.

Its hard to describe how BAD this technology is. Not only that but there was a huge patent fight that the Government won. Believe it...

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Insecurity Plagues Emergency Alert System 2002-09-12
Zapperlink (1 replies)

First off I must say that it took two times of me reading this article before I decided to make my opinion known. Its a very well chosen topic and with some strong key points. However in question with using internet technology are we to assume that this internet technology would be a hardwire base? ...

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Insecurity Plagues Emergency Alert System 2002-09-13
AM I Anonymous

Using the INTERNET as the primary and only transmission medium is a BAD idea. Even the protocols don't work in a broadcast (one-way) environment.

The primary premise of the EAS network is that every broadcaster must have two upstream sources and rebroadcast any valid messages received. (as spec...

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Insecurity Plagues Emergency Alert System 2002-09-13
Anonymous

This is pretty famous, so it is not just something that "old guys" have heard of. The announcer was Orson Welles. The problem was that the adaptation was in the form of a news broadcast, leading to confusion (especially for people who arrived in the middle of the program). In New Jersey, where th...

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