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In response to "They Mumbai attacks were coordinate in real time by cell phone. -- nm" by TWuG

oh, well, clearly we should ban all cellphones then. ;-) My position is that communication is inherently necessary to deal with incidents like that.

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jan 9 '09, 08:31

And I don't mean communication between police teams. I mean the ability for victims or pro-active bystanders to communicate.

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I disagree. The upside of allowing the public to communicate over cell phones during an attack is way outweighed by - TWuG Jan 9, 08:34 3
- Pfffft... scenes of mass panic are fun! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 9, 08:43
- it's not like people couldn't trigger bombs remotely before cell phones. - mafic Jan 9, 08:38 1
  - Cell phones make it easier. Doesn't require line of sight or being nearby with some other type of transmitter. Timers aren't as reliable. -- nm - TWuG Jan 9, 08:42
I disagree. Unless you are KSUTH, all you can do is make matters worse. - Spawn Jan 9, 08:33 6
- *shrug* You can still provide intel, even staying out of the way. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 9, 08:35 5
  - Just what the authorities need, hundreds of calls from citizens during a crisis. -- nm - Spawn Jan 9, 08:36 4
    - Think back to 9/11. A truck bomb supposedy hit a Federal building. Planes over Ohio were supposedly part of the attack. - TWuG Jan 9, 08:41 1
      - And disrupting New York calls would have still allowed those calls to happen. -- nm - Spawn Jan 9, 08:43
    - it's not like the 911 operators have another job to do. they're basically emergency services call screeners. -- nm - mafic Jan 9, 08:39 1
      - Screening 100 calls is much different than screening 1000 calls or 10,000 calls. They sure as hell don't need to be - TWuG Jan 9, 08:44

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