iPods at War

phaedo00 writes "Ars Technica has put together an outstanding piece of journalism about the use of personal technology in America's military and how these devices along with blatant piracy is causing new problems in the face of war: "While soldiers once deployed with little more than a backpack and a rifle, today's crop of infantry troops pack along MP3 players, digital cameras, DVD players, video games, movie collections, and computers of their own. The personal electronics have made modern American warfare the most comfortable it has ever been, but they've also brought a new set of problems onto the battlefield.""

Comments

Off on a tangent

[rolfwind]

but why, at 18, are our kids old enough to fight and die for our country, yet they are not old enough to drink?

Just wondering, since this is a thread about soldiers' diversions and such.

Re:Off on a tangent

[j-pimp]

The theory behind it is quite sad. It ranks up there with needle exchange for drug addicts. Basically, they want you driving a few years sober so when you inevitably drive drunk, you have skill to compensate for your inebriation. Makes me as angry as getting a parking ticker in the incorporated village of Valley Stream (Nassau County, NY) for parking on the street between 4:30am and 5:30 am. Of course being its an incorporated town they don't care if I mow down someone on the expressday on my way home, as long as my car isn't parked in front of there houe in the am.

Re:Unfounded Criticism

[hhawk]

My only concern would be what type of Signal Intelligence an opponent would be able to get from Electro Magnetic "leaks."

* Get an idea of the size of a group/troop by the # of iPod detected
* Reading what people are typing, etc. into their laptops..

trtoll

[Anonymous Coward]

antibacterial soap. where it 3elongs,