[Commotion-discuss] Use of 4G kill switch at a US protest site

[Dan Staples]

Thanks for the heads up about that. Police use of a cellular kill switch
in San Fransisco in Aug 2011 is what got me interested in wireless mesh
in the first place.

I wonder if there is anyone in the Ferguson area who could do some
technical digging to confirm whether this was the case or not.

On 08/21/2014 10:51 AM, Ben West wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I realize progress with Commotion for adhoc meshing directly on mobile
> devices, Android in particular, has been held up by external factors
> like bug 82 <https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=82>.  I
> hope a resolution to this impasse does eventually appear.
> 
> Highlighting a recent occurrence here in the Missouri of authorities
> (maybe) killing 4G mobile service at a protest site, which had
> previously been used to stream video of heavy-handed police tactics and
> assorted mayhem.
> http://www.activistpost.com/2014/08/ferguson-police-use-kill-switch-on.html
> 
> Needless to say, concern arises that such service interruptions for
> reasons not related to public safety will become more commonplace.
> 
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> Ben West
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