GPS - Soon Pay to Play For Increased Safety

[ArmyDaveNY]

Originally Posted by Stu Jackson

You, too?!?



Easier said than done.

We never had this issue when there were Press Gangs!

[Cadence]

Originally Posted by crabcake

US Announces Selective Availability For GPS Devices

April 1, 2017 by John Konrad


At a joint press conference today at Schriever Air Force Base, the United States Coast Guard announced a new feature to the GPS system they will start rolling out as early as January of 2018.
The “new” feature announced is referred to as “Selective Availability” and promises to improve GPS accuracy by “a factor of negative 200%” according to a press release issued by the USCG’s Office of Research and Development (RDT&E).
Those familiar with the history of GPS will remember that “selective availability” (SA) was a feature of early GPS systems which added intentional, time varying errors of up to 100 meters (328 ft) to the publicly available navigation signals. This was intended to deny an enemy the use of civilian GPS receivers for precision weapon guidance.
“The increase in terror activities around the globe have caused us to re-evaluate the GPS system. Said Captain Brian Winters, head of RDT&E. “We were mandated by the White House in April to develop a system to thwart the use of America’s GPS systems by terrorists and enemies of the state”.
Selective Availability was turned off by a mandate from President Clinton in May 2, 2000. Todays announcement did not explain why an old system of encryption – was reactivated rather than developing a new, more secure, system like eLoran but the answer likely lies in the large cuts to the USCG budget announced by the White House earlier this year.
A statement from the White House confirms the news. “The President thanks the USCG and Air Force for developing a system that will make America stronger with ZERO cost to the tax payer. This is Win-Win!”
Inside sources tell gCaptain that after SA is reactivated the USCG will be allowed to sell the Selective Availability decryption key to civilians at a moderate price of $9.99 per month. The USCG did not specify if that price was per device or if it will allow users to activate multiple devices on one account.
“We realize that 328 ft accuracy will invalidate many of the GPS features people rely on for use in their iPhones and Andriod devices which is why the White House is asking that we offer SA decryption keys for sale to the public.” said Winters. “The SA decryption keys will be sold by the same vendors that currently handle Transportation Workers Identification Cards (TWIC) card applications. This is a plug and play solution. People who want to purchase SA decription keys will simply have to visit their local TWIC center, be fingerprinted and apply for the special key that will decrypt the SA signal. Those fingerprints will allow any mobile phone with a built in scanner to decrypt the key and receive GPS signals within a 4 meter RMS (7.8 meter 95% Confidence Interval) horizontal accuracy.”


In a series of tweets today President Trump wrote:

“We built GPS for 3.6 trillion $$ and we are giving it away for free. Crazy!!”

“”We are going to have an unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout for these encryption keys. People from around the world will love them. It is an exciting time for our country!”


“This SA Plan is brilliant! It will pay for the entire Mexico Wall AND will allow us to start work on my next BIG project… a Canada Wall!”


Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, responded to the presidents tweet with this remark “Thats ok, our phones work just fine with the European Union’s Galileo positioning system.”


US Announces Selective Availability For GPS Devices – gCaptain

Sounds like pure BS.

[barnakiel]

They have a smart Prime Minister there though!

;-)
b.

[EzzyD]

Originally Posted by Island Time O25

In other breaking news:

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a similar pay2play arrangment with GLONASS. But according to him it will be more competitive than the package offered by USCG. For the same $9.99 a month you will get not only full SA access into US GPS system but also a large bowl of hot borscht and one visit per month from any Russian model of your choosing. GLONASS expects a brisk business in the coming fiscal year.

I think you are misspelling the Russian system. Comrade Putin did confirm that a Russian model will come to your boat... but just for a quick look. The correct spelling is GLON-ASS...

It stands for (Girl: Longlegs , Obviously Nude.....)

[Cadence]

Originally Posted by EzzyD

I think you are misspelling the Russian system. Comrade Putin did confirm that a Russian model will come to your boat... but just for a quick look. The correct spelling is GLON-ASS...

It stands for (Girl: Longlegs , Obviously Nude.....)

How do I sign up?

[EzzyD]

Originally Posted by Cadence

How do I sign up?

Just go to the web site: (not safe for work) https://www.glonass-iac.ru/

I made sure I used my friends credit card and details... as I worry about hackers charging me out of house and home...

[mooka2]

Originally Posted by Cadence

Sounds like pure BS.

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump shows no such tweets on April 1st, or anytime since.... author at gCaptain, John Konrad, was likely pulling all of our sea-legs.... with nary a

[alansmith]

Formula for getting child out of house. Charge them $400 a month rent. Save the rent for one year. You now have close to $5000. Walk into the room give them $5000 and tell them to leave.

[Tkeeth]

Originally Posted by alansmith

Formula for getting child out of house. Charge them $400 a month rent. Save the rent for one year. You now have close to $5000. Walk into the room give them $5000 and tell them to leave.

just tel them rent was 400, put a 9 pm kerfew, and quit buying groceries...when they complained i said they can leave anytime they want. Kill tv and internet, quit paying any of their bills. They will leave. You will find most would rather pay a stranger 2 times the rent you are asking for.

[Capt Gill]

"In a series of tweets today President Trump wrote:"
“We built GPS for 3.6 trillion $$ and we are giving it away for free. Crazy!!”
This may be an April fool's day post,but don't be surprised if our "Dear Leader"
picks up on then implements this idea.

[Smokeys Kitchen]

Quote:
Originally Posted by SV Sailfish View Post
Darn... I was hoping this was for real.

I figured it would help me get rid of my 30 year old kid still living at home. I could send him to the store and his GPS would no longer lead him back home.


You, too?!?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tkeeth View Post
I just kicked them out....your at least 10 years behind. Your house, tell them to LEAVE
Easier said than done.


Actually it is pretty easy. Sell the house and move onto the boat. I don't know too many older children that could stand living that close to their parents in a small space like that; let alone use a marine head as their primary head. Especially if they are not the boating type.

[AKA-None]

Ouch this was so believable with our current president.

[Tacmed]

This lie had me going as well.

[navy davy]

Stop giving the government ideas on how to squeeze more 💰 money out of my pocket !

[AfterHoursNLCT]

Negative 200% was a pretty good clue...