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Learn to use radios (in mass balls-to-the-walls protests).
by xwdv 6y ago
Learn to use radios (in mass balls-to-the-walls protests).
- cortesoft 6y agoIsn't that even easier to eavesdrop and/or disrupt?
- rtkwe 6y agoJamming is a big step I don't think we've seen in the US so far and I'm not sure the police have that tech readily at hand. Inherently though you're going to want to be able to include people into the network easily which already opens you up to eavesdropping of the public channels. For purely public broadcasts radio is nice because anyone can listen and it doesn't reveal location in the network.
- Reelin 6y agoProbably harder to disrupt (cell networks, WiFi, and Bluetooth are all specialized, relatively low power radios after all). In the US, legal radio usage would be easier to eavesdrop on (I believe encryption is effectively banned). But if you're willing to ignore that detail then it won't be easy to eavesdrop on you. It would be trivial for a state funded adversary to triangulate broadcasters though.
- _jal 6y agoPeople do. More than a few hams have been involved in the recent US protests. Radio has different characteristics that make it an imperfect substitute in protests. The biggest one is that people already have cell phones, but pre-event coordination also becomes much more important, and people have to practice. (Not much, but radio discipline is a thing, and in an emergency you need it.)
- TheButlerian 6y agoI remember a Nokia phone that had a walkie-talkie integrated in it and you could use it as a radio. Too bad that this quirky feature will never make re-appearance.