Security: In a Disaster Command and Control Communications Always Break Down"
There are no secrets in the world. The only hard
part is finding the right person to ask," "If you have a phone, you can
find out anything you want in under 60 minutes. With the Internet, it's
even faster."
-- Tom Clancy
"Hello? Hello, Dimitri? Listen, I can't hear too well, do you suppose
you could turn the music down just a little? Oh, that's much better.
Yes. Fine, I can hear you now, Dimitri. Clear and plain and coming
through fine. I'm coming through fine too, eh? Good, then. Well then as
you say we're both coming through fine."
~ Dr. Strangelove
Trusting cell phones to work in many emergency situations can be dangerous or fatal.