iPhone Used to Locate Friends, Enemies in War

[Parsian]

I wonder if they ever considered the reliability of iPhone's battery

 

[eddieroolz]

Secure and iPhone do not belong on the same sentence.

Either way, what if the family member did not own an iPhone...

 

[kingnoobe]

It's called bft *blue force tracker*. Why have one of these for? Theres no way this can be as secure. Granted smaller, easier to carry, but not secure I don't care what they say. And um can't cell phones be traced.. Just saying. That's why it's also why the military don't like using regular gps, and use military gps instead. As it's far more secure. I don't see this ever taking off.

Now if it had military hardware, small like an ipod but much tougher. A self-destruct it's own satellite communications then this would be good. But in an off the shelf ipod.. um no thank you.

 

[asdf634]

Great news I guess... and the iphone can double as a grenade when the soldier ran out! Apple got it all planned out!

 

[Manos]

And once you hack the shit out of ityou instantly have the enemis track you down amongst other dissadvantages. This is a risk they shouldnt take.

 

[Guest]

yep. Great to have military missions compromised on civilian devices. (NOT!)Works wonders for the enemy. Unless this has military grade encryption which could be broken at leisure with a captured device, this is a NO GO and I would NEVER authorize my soldiers such a device. Even military trackers are designed with a ZERO button to destroy and erase all information if capture is imminent.

 

[sinsear]

From "Cover me, I need to reload" to "Cover me, I need to check my iPhone."

 

[dmwright]

I have noticed a lot of posts about the military's lack of intelligence. Instead of putting you down or advising you differently, may I suggest a good read about the Enigma and the efforts of Britain/US to crack/cover of their tracks. Google would be a good place to start.

 

[amnotanoobie]

Well they could always use the iPhones as grenades

 

[akula2]

iPhone has a treasure of App, this one looks like a solid one. I came across another solid app called NASA iPhone sensor (developed by Jing Li) which could be more useful in the present times:

http://www.engadget.com/photos/nasa-iphone-sensor

I am sure Jobs would be feel more proud of this great product

 

[Computer_Lots]

Maybe they could make an app for targeting the enemy using a predator called iBomb