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

[Ryan Gerety]

I noticed in Ferguson that Anon had tweeted for people to open up  
their routers -- which is a great and easy strategy. This is one  
reason EFF launched the open wireless initiative that is just in the  
early stages.

I'm not sure in Ferguson, but often its just a matter of density and  
congestion that disables the 4g networks (or wireless generally).


On Aug 21, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Dan Staples 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.
>>
>> -- 
>> Ben West
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>>
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