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Cell Phone "Kill Switch" Tested


Dark_Grey

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Posting in the Conspiracy section as this has not been conclusively linked to the recent service shutoffs, but we do know mass cell phone blocking has been used in the past. A very easy way to stop videos and pictures from being uploaded or to sever communications for a large group of protestors people.

Article about the service outage:

https://archive.is/Po5Rp

Obama wants the right to use "the switch":

https://archive.is/hMlZD

"For nearly a decade, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has maintained a policy for unilaterally shutting down private cellular service, over an entire metropolitan area if necessary, in the event of a national crisis.

Adopted without public notice or debate, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 303, often referred to as the cellphone kill switch, has been shrouded in secrecy from its inception and has outraged some civil liberties groups battling to make the policy public.

A key hearing in that fight is set for next week."

The Patriot Act, militarized police, cell phone kill switches...for anyone half paying attention, the picture they have been painting is not a pleasant one. But hey, conspiracies right?

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I wouldn't be surprised that there may be an Internet kill switch as well.

In fact, I'd be more surprised if there wasn't.

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I wouldn't be surprised that there may be an Internet kill switch as well.

In fact, I'd be more surprised if there wasn't.

There is no internet kill switch. While that idea was floated early on, the Internet is now simply so dispersed that one cannot turn it off. Disrupt, yes, turn off no.

Cheers,

Badeskov

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I think that if they had made a weapon that disabled the use of Cellular service in a region I would be a lot less scared. But for them to openly have the power to do so is a little too much mongering; they could use it whenever they want to use it rather, when they need to use it. For instance, if it was used to fight Isis I would support it. But this looks like its to fight... Us?

I do not support.

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There is no internet kill switch. While that idea was floated early on, the Internet is now simply so dispersed that one cannot turn it off. Disrupt, yes, turn off no.

Cheers,

Badeskov

There is one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_kill_switch

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You did read the article, right?

So you saw where it talks of it as a "concept" and a "theory":

An Internet kill switch is the cybercrime and countermeasures concept of activating a single shut off mechanism for all Internet traffic. The theory behind a kill switch is creation of a single point of control for one authority or another to control in order to "shut down the internet to protect it" from unspecified assailants.

And:

This article pertains to how a theoretical Internet kill switch may affect the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and United States Telecommunication Policy, the laws as they are currently applied, and proposed legislation.

And of course, you must have read this part, too:

The regulations that the United States uses to regulate the information and data industry may have inadvertently made a true “Internet kill switch” impossible. The deregulation allowed for a building of a patch-work system (ISPs, Internet Backbone) that is extremely complex and not fully known.

.........right?

Cz

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You did read the article, right?

So you saw where it talks of it as a "concept" and a "theory":

And:

And of course, you must have read this part, too:

.........right?

Cz

You beat me to it Cz :tu:

Cheers,

Badeskov

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As per Cz's post, no there isn't. And the way the internet is currently set-up, it is an impossibility to implement.

Cheers,

Badeskov

Shame!! I just want a localised one!

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Shame!! I just want a localised one!

Just turn your wifi router off. That is very localized kill switch :P

Cheers,

Badeskov

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Just turn your wifi router off. That is very localized kill switch :P

Cheers,

Badeskov

Oh, I have no problem turning mine off. It is all the other people walking around whilst on the net, driving etc etc.

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Oh, I have no problem turning mine off. It is all the other people walking around whilst on the net, driving etc etc.

People doing all kinds of online stuff while driving I certainly have an issue with as well.

Cheers,

Badeskov

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Ahhh ... ya aint gonna stop that ... one woman had a car crash because she was doing a bikini wax while driving :td:

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Ahhh ... ya aint gonna stop that ... one woman had a car crash because she was doing a bikini wax while driving :td:

You ain't lyin. About five years ago I had read a local article about a child walking down the sidewalk being killed by a woman that had swirved off the road and onto the sidewalk because she was playing scrabble on her cell phone. Grrrrrrrrrrr.

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Where's the conspiracy in all of this?

Cell phone blockers with ranges from 15m to 200m are commercially available for a long time. Hell, there are even DIY instructions available for building your own.

They have been deployed in schools, cinemas, theatres, etc.

So what's the big deal?

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