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

[Ben West]

The only mention I've seen of 4G service going down Tuesday evening in
Ferguson is that activistpost page.  No mention of mobile service
conspicuously dropping out Tuesday evening on the Reddit page
<http://www.reddit.com/live/tdrph3y49ftn> that local folks are using for
live updates.  So, a really big caveat lector on this thread.  There are
indeed quite a few phony stories floating around about Ferguson from folks
seeking attention.


On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Dan Staples <
danstaples at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:

> 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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