| This is a joke. Consumer electronics radio communication systems may be trivially jammed, with little to no effort. It's simply a matter of political protocol (aka: warrants) for when and where such things must happen. The article states that the services used to relay data links were common wi-fi and ordinary cellular telephone service. The first thing that usually happens in a war zone is HAM radio service experiences disruption. [0] Cell phone back doors via CALEA [1] are already used to disrupt would-be suicide bombers around the world, and yes even in the United States. [2] If push comes to shove, we'll all lose wi-fi and cell phones in an area of effect, around any hostile activity, whenever shit gets real. [0] http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-radio14jan14-story.html [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_... [2] http://codegreenprep.com/2013/04/boston-bombing-shows-you-ca... |