There have been many debates about the possible radiation dangers of cell phones and that is something you want to keep in mind and take precautions to minimize the dangers -- particularly if you use your phone often or for long periods of time But if you own a business or are responsible for protecting a company's confidential information there is another danger you should never forget.
That is the stealing of information through cell phones. According to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung back in 2004 (You can imagine how much this threat has grown since that time.) many companies were alarmed at the potential of cell phones as espionage tools because first of all unethical employees or other persons could easily photograph classified information to sell to competing companies. And even if they are caught often they have already transmitted pictures containing this information to their clients before they are apprehended.
Because of this you might want to ban the use of such phones in security sensitive areas such as design and product testing departments if you don't do this already.
And on a personal level you don't want to leave your driver's licence and other cards containing personal information lying open, or in pouches that are easy to open, within easy access by persons you do not know. It would be very easy for anybody (and you would be surprised at who the identity thieves are sometimes) to photograph with their cell phones -- or even copy with the old fashioned pencil or pen.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Make A Quick Check Back
There are certain malls here in Vancouver B.C. where somebody seems to be getting into my car after I park it - even when I am sure that Ihad locked the doors.
Just today after parking in the underground parkade of a local supermarket I decided to check out my theory that in this parkade for some reason my van was being broken into (likely by a person with one of devices tow truck drivers use when you lock your keys inside).
Sure enough, when I got back to the van about 10 minutes after I parked I found the front door button up although I had made sure that I pushed the locking button down as I was getting out.
I didn't see anybody around the car this time, but from now on in the parkade I will check sooner as well as take a quick walk around vehicles parked nearby to see if I see anybody suspicious sitting in one of them. And of course I'll make sure that I leave nothing valuable where it can be grabbed easily.
Maybe someone will come up with some type of video monitor and sensor that could transmit a signal to your cell phone --complete with a picture of the culprit in the meantime just be careful too. Remember to check back on your vehicle after leaving it in suspect areas. You just might catch some thief in the act of breaking into your vehicle.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
How Effective Is Your Fire Alarm in Waking Young Children?
Would your young children wake up to the sound of a fire alarm -- and know what to do?
As reported in the Epoch News March 13, 2011 really young children can often sleep right through a 3 minute fire alarm according Dr. Dorothy Bruck of Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.
In her study of 123 children only 27 children were awakened by the alarm and only 47 percent of them knew they had to flee the house.
In addition to this, researchers were alarmed by the fact that 87 percent of children between 5 to 10 years of age did not wake up to the alarm at all.
For the complete feature on the topic "Most Children Don't Wake Up to Smoke Alarms" by Stephanie Lam, an Epoch Times staff writer click on www.epochtimes.com
As reported in the Epoch News March 13, 2011 really young children can often sleep right through a 3 minute fire alarm according Dr. Dorothy Bruck of Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.
In her study of 123 children only 27 children were awakened by the alarm and only 47 percent of them knew they had to flee the house.
In addition to this, researchers were alarmed by the fact that 87 percent of children between 5 to 10 years of age did not wake up to the alarm at all.
For the complete feature on the topic "Most Children Don't Wake Up to Smoke Alarms" by Stephanie Lam, an Epoch Times staff writer click on www.epochtimes.com
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Are You Truly Prepared For Emergencies?
Are truly prepared for emergencies? The Japanese earthquake and tsunami tragedy has really hit home in the Vancouver B.C. area of Canada and many persons are rushing to stock up and emergency food rations and supplies. A good idea!
No matter where you live our climate is changing so much and creating such unexpectedly wild weather it is good to make sure that you really are prepared. Many of us keep putting off even the smallest of emergency prepared such as installing a rope ladder near windows and third floor bedrooms and ending up being unable to get out when fire erupts. Don't let this happen to you!
And don't install such things and other emergency equipment -- but put off critical practice in using them. Just having something -- whether it is a skill or piece of equipment is not going to help if you are not skilled in its use.
Years ago in some police officers found this out the hard way. Being mainly traffic control officers they never actually fired their weapons for years. Then when they suddenly encountered violent criminals they were practically helpless to defend themselves and others properly. I'm sure such things don't happen nowadays, but that left these officers in quit e a predicament -- one that could have cost them their lives.
Don't let things like lack of practice with your emergency equipment or skills create dangerous situations for you. Many security officers are guilty of this. After they finish their initial self-defense training they forget all about in many cases. While many of them get away with this for years and nothing happens one day it could cost them and it takes just one person (or emergency of some sort) after years and years of nothing happening to make you regret lack of preparedness.
No matter where you live our climate is changing so much and creating such unexpectedly wild weather it is good to make sure that you really are prepared. Many of us keep putting off even the smallest of emergency prepared such as installing a rope ladder near windows and third floor bedrooms and ending up being unable to get out when fire erupts. Don't let this happen to you!
And don't install such things and other emergency equipment -- but put off critical practice in using them. Just having something -- whether it is a skill or piece of equipment is not going to help if you are not skilled in its use.
Years ago in some police officers found this out the hard way. Being mainly traffic control officers they never actually fired their weapons for years. Then when they suddenly encountered violent criminals they were practically helpless to defend themselves and others properly. I'm sure such things don't happen nowadays, but that left these officers in quit e a predicament -- one that could have cost them their lives.
Don't let things like lack of practice with your emergency equipment or skills create dangerous situations for you. Many security officers are guilty of this. After they finish their initial self-defense training they forget all about in many cases. While many of them get away with this for years and nothing happens one day it could cost them and it takes just one person (or emergency of some sort) after years and years of nothing happening to make you regret lack of preparedness.
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