Comments on: Shhh Don’t Tell Lou Dobbs. The Transboarder Migrant Tool is Here. http://www.socialsquared.com/2009/11/20/shhh-dont-tell-lou-dobbs-the-transboarder-migrant-tool-is-here/ Social Media and Business from Vancouver BC Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jsloss http://www.socialsquared.com/2009/11/20/shhh-dont-tell-lou-dobbs-the-transboarder-migrant-tool-is-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3798 jsloss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:55:57 +0000 http://www.socialsquared.com/?p=1502#comment-3798 Thanks so much for clarifying that. All the best! Thanks so much for clarifying that. All the best!

]]> By: jsloss http://www.socialsquared.com/2009/11/20/shhh-dont-tell-lou-dobbs-the-transboarder-migrant-tool-is-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3392 jsloss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:55:57 +0000 http://www.socialsquared.com/?p=1502#comment-3392 Thanks so much for clarifying that. All the best! Thanks so much for clarifying that. All the best!

]]> By: Ricardo Dominguez http://www.socialsquared.com/2009/11/20/shhh-dont-tell-lou-dobbs-the-transboarder-migrant-tool-is-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3391 Ricardo Dominguez Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:33:50 +0000 http://www.socialsquared.com/?p=1502#comment-3391 The Transborder Immigrant Tool (TBT) does not offer a scan bounce signal for triangulation (you would have to use it as a cell phone for that to occur- a dire emergency contingency that is recommended). A single GPS bounce with a "no airport" setting establishes compass mode. The issues of where water is located, support communities, etc., would only be available for access for a few days - the information would have to be refreshed before it could be initiated and warnings in multiple languages will be issued:<br><a href="http://bang.calit2.net/xborderbl1" rel="nofollow">http://bang.calit2.net/xborderbl1</a><br>It is also important to understand that the tool is also a discursive engine that foregrounds the possibilities for locative media and a disturbance of the social fields that gather around the question of the border and those who cross it.<br>Very best,
b.a.n.g lab/EDT (P.I. Ricardo Dominguez) The Transborder Immigrant Tool (TBT) does not offer a scan bounce signal for triangulation (you would have to use it as a cell phone for that to occur- a dire emergency contingency that is recommended). A single GPS bounce with a “no airport” setting establishes compass mode. The issues of where water is located, support communities, etc., would only be available for access for a few days – the information would have to be refreshed before it could be initiated and warnings in multiple languages will be issued:
http://bang.calit2.net/xborderbl1
It is also important to understand that the tool is also a discursive engine that foregrounds the possibilities for locative media and a disturbance of the social fields that gather around the question of the border and those who cross it.
Very best,
b.a.n.g lab/EDT (P.I. Ricardo Dominguez)

]]> By: jsloss http://www.socialsquared.com/2009/11/20/shhh-dont-tell-lou-dobbs-the-transboarder-migrant-tool-is-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3390 jsloss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:30:45 +0000 http://www.socialsquared.com/?p=1502#comment-3390 Very good point. Here's the original article with an interview from the founder. <br><br>There's no doubt that since the information is easily accessible, anyone can find it. I'd love to know more about how they plan on dealing with that. The article doesn't really get into things. <br><br>I guess time will tell .. Very good point. Here's the original article with an interview from the founder.

There's no doubt that since the information is easily accessible, anyone can find it. I'd love to know more about how they plan on dealing with that. The article doesn't really get into things.

I guess time will tell ..

]]> By: brindey http://www.socialsquared.com/2009/11/20/shhh-dont-tell-lou-dobbs-the-transboarder-migrant-tool-is-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3389 brindey Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:20:13 +0000 http://www.socialsquared.com/?p=1502#comment-3389 Hey Jess- as a CA girl, I really appreciate your that app. But...what exactly does it do? By locating safe houses, doesn't it make public those Samaritans harboring illegal immigrants and thus put them at risk? Hey Jess- as a CA girl, I really appreciate your that app. But…what exactly does it do? By locating safe houses, doesn't it make public those Samaritans harboring illegal immigrants and thus put them at risk?

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