New CAP ID-Card policy

[jimmydeanno]

Nobody but people serving torrents is clocking more than 5GB a month.

First of all my house has more than that, and my squadron has way more than that because we do cyberpatriot and we have somtimes 5 computers running at once.

JArvey, he meant 5GB a month on your cell phone.

[Tim Medeiros]

Nobody but people serving torrents is clocking more than 5GB a month.

Holy crap, since July I've been clocking 20-40GB every couple of weeks, and that's just to beta test a game.  In November it was another 30GB for the live version.

That's just a single online game, not to mention the others I play which patch every week or two.


Edit:

Nobody but people serving torrents is clocking more than 5GB a month.

First of all my house has more than that, and my squadron has way more than that because we do cyberpatriot and we have somtimes 5 computers running at once.

JArvey, he meant 5GB a month on your cell phone.

I'm guessing he, like me, didn't see the distinction made.  Either way I'm keeping what I said above intact as I did indeed say it.  I was thinking he was using an ISP that actually had download limits, as some do though I'm not sure who exactly.

[jimmydeanno]

Nobody but people serving torrents is clocking more than 5GB a month.

You're going to be hard-pressed to find someone on their phone more than me and I'm doing about 2.5.

Certainly cadet testing and other legit CAP use would never come close.

I was using this post, as well as the few just before it.

[Tim Medeiros]

I had thought those were 3 completely separate thoughts.  I'm all for using the internet in imaginative ways, but never would even think of using my phone for an online test.

[jimmydeanno]

I had thought those were 3 completely separate thoughts.  I'm all for using the internet in imaginative ways, but never would even think of using my phone for an online test.

I'm pretty sure that the intent was to use the phone's mobile wi-fi capabilities to provide normal laptops the internet access.  The online tests don't transmit or receive that much data, so even people with phone carriers that limit data usage to 5GB/month, should have no problem offering their phone to provide the access.

[JoeTomasone]

I had thought those were 3 completely separate thoughts.  I'm all for using the internet in imaginative ways, but never would even think of using my phone for an online test.

We had Cadets complete OPSEC on a cell phone at a recent ACUT/BCUT class.   <shrug>

[Tim Medeiros]

I had thought those were 3 completely separate thoughts.  I'm all for using the internet in imaginative ways, but never would even think of using my phone for an online test.

I'm pretty sure that the intent was to use the phone's mobile wi-fi capabilities to provide normal laptops the internet access.  The online tests don't transmit or receive that much data, so even people with phone carriers that limit data usage to 5GB/month, should have no problem offering their phone to provide the access.

That would be why I didn't think of that, my phone doesn't have that capability

I had thought those were 3 completely separate thoughts.  I'm all for using the internet in imaginative ways, but never would even think of using my phone for an online test.

We had Cadets complete OPSEC on a cell phone at a recent ACUT/BCUT class.   <shrug>

To be fair, OPSEC isn't exactly a "test"

[nesagsar]

Is there any accepted equivalence for the OPSEC course? I have certificates from the Inter-agency OPSEC Support Staff and National Cryptologic School.

[Tim Medeiros]

Really?  Agreeing to the NDA is that much of a pain?


You don't even need to look at the slides.......

[DakRadz]

Is there any accepted equivalence for the OPSEC course? I have certificates from the Inter-agency OPSEC Support Staff and National Cryptologic School.

It takes less time and bandwidth than one page of a uniform argument, sir. I promise.

[nesagsar]

I was not aware that it will be that simple. To get those certs I had to sit through classes and take real tests.

[Tim Medeiros]

All it is essentially is signing a Non Disclosure Agreement, before that is a PowerPoint explaining what it is.

[SARDOC]

Without reading the entire seven pages of posts how far do I need to go back to find out where this thread went way off topic?   

[HGjunkie]

Without reading the entire seven pages of posts how far do I need to go back to find out where this thread went way off topic?   

A safe bet is somewhere between pages 2 and 3. 

[bosshawk]

A good bet, but a bit surprising that it didn't turn into a uniform thread before page 3.

Oh, maybe the ID card is considered an item of uniform.

[Cool Mace]

A good bet, but a bit surprising that it didn't turn into a uniform thread before page 3.

Oh, maybe the ID card is considered an item of uniform.

I was just thinking the same thing?

Interesting thread, to say the least...

[SARDOC]

A good bet, but a bit surprising that it didn't turn into a uniform thread before page 3.

Oh, maybe the ID card is considered an item of uniform.

If you do consider the ID card a Uniform Item...Could this be the First time a Uniform thread was turned into a communications/IT thread?

[davidsinn]

A good bet, but a bit surprising that it didn't turn into a uniform thread before page 3.

Oh, maybe the ID card is considered an item of uniform.

If you do consider the ID card a Uniform Item...Could this be the First time a Uniform thread was turned into a communications/IT thread?

No, because that would cause a rupture in the space/time continuum.

[manfredvonrichthofen]

I am pretty sure the ID card is a uniform item. You can't be on a mission without it can you?

[Spaceman3750]

http://www.virginmobileusa.com/mobile-broadband/mifi-2200.html

I have one of these guys rolling around in my car somewhere... The up-front sticker shock is a bit high but having pre-paid data is NICE. I used it for some web surfing (much more than the OPSEC or safety class) while camping earlier this year and didn't come close to my 250MB cap.