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A statewide outage of the Massachusetts 911 system was the result of a firewall that blocked calls from reaching emergency responders.
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The Bush White House and the National Archive saved early internet era 9/11 memes involving ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘The Terminator.’ Continue reading The 9/11 Memes the Government Deemed Worthy of Preserving in the National Archive
Not long ago, Porsche showed off an inexplicable new pop-top roof camper for its 911 supercar. Now, it’s sent a pair of offroad-prepped 911s up the side of the world’s highest volcano in Chile for some equally inexplicable high-altitude testing.Continu… Continue reading Ruggedized Porsche 911 off-roaders climb world’s highest volcano
How many times have you found yourself out bush-bashing in a Porsche 911, catching a breathtaking view after a gnarly river crossing and thinking “damnit, if only I had somewhere convenient to sleep right now?” If it’s more than zero, you’re in luck.Co… Continue reading Porsche will now sell you a pop-top roof camper for your 911 supercar
No one is making videos celebrating the death of the terrorist leader, and that’s a good thing. Continue reading Old Men Confused Gen Z Isn’t Making TikToks About Assassination of al-Zawahri
911[.]re, a proxy service that since 2015 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, announced this week that it is shutting down in the wake of a data breach that destroyed key components of its business operations. The abrupt closure comes ten days after KrebsOnSecurity published an in-depth look at 911 and its connections to shady pay-per-install affiliate programs that secretly bundled 911’s proxy software with other titles, including “free” utilities and pirated software. Continue reading 911 Proxy Service Implodes After Disclosing Breach
For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route malicious traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. The proxy service says its network is made up entirely of users who voluntarily install the proxy software. But new research shows 911 has a long history of purchasing installations via shady “pay-per-install” affiliate marketing schemes, some of which 911 operated on its own. Continue reading A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’
A rare bug made a Google smartphone unable to contact emergency services. Continue reading Google Pixel Bug Prevented Users From Calling 911
For the founders of RapidSOS, improving the quality of emergency response by adding useful data, like location, to 911 calls was an inspiring objective, and one that garnered widespread support. Continue reading RapidSOS learned that the best product design is sometimes no product design
The last year of pandemic living has been real-world, and sometimes harrowing, proof of how important it can be to have efficient and well-equipped emergency response services in place. They can help people remotely if need be, and when they cannot, they make sure that in-person help can be dispatched quickly in medical and other […] Continue reading RapidDeploy raises $29M for a cloud-based dispatch platform aimed at 911 centers