In February, the feedlot took a sonogram of his rib eye and ran the data through a computer program.
Other smartphones do not funnel their data through a centralized system, making widespread service outages unlikely.
Users of broadband cellular networks typically download and send data through a laptop computer or other devices configured to communicate with the network, rather than with a cellphone.
"This will allow users to run their data through a validator that checks whether the data in each column corresponds with the expected values".
Running this data through a set of algorithms and statistical tests, it can detect leaks, bursts, faults or other network problems, and send alerts to utility workers.
"It's not surprising – the government has a huge attack surface where someone can exploit the computer data through a security flaw in the unclassified system," said Mitnick.
Her conclusion, after administering an anonymous survey to 123 juniors and seniors at Roslyn High and running the data through a scientific gantlet, is yes.
The bottom 80percentt receive only 9percentt, or $686 million, says the Environmental Working Group, which amassed the data through a Freedom of Information request.
You can protect yourself by routing your data through a "virtual private network" (VPN), a secure "tunnel" that operates over a public network.
Advertising agencies already collect this data through a variety of sources, including so-called cookies, which track user behavior online.
Users access the data through a web-based interface.
