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France Legalizes Mobile Phone Jamming

Posted by timothy on from the emp-would-be-more-permanent dept.

Metrollica writes: "Wired has reported that France has become the first country to legalize mobile phone jamming in public much to the support of the citizens. A quote from the article indicates that jamming will 'make it impossible to make or receive calls, voice mails and text messages on a mobile telephone.'"

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  1. Might this push bluetooth-like capabilities? by dschuetz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The main reason for people wanting things like this is to keep people's phones from ringing in the middle of, say, a movie. They say that bluetooth technologies will help prevent things like that from happening, by having the theater automatically put all phones into "silent" ring mode when you walk in. Or so one hopes.

    Might things like this eventually push broader acceptance of thse kinds of features? Or will it just piss off everyone? (I know it'd piss me off, if I were in a profession where I relied on a remote page for, say, something life-threatening. I know I already take efforts to mute my pilot and turn off my phone when I go into a theater...)

    Another classic example of punishing the innocent because of the abuses of a few jerks.

  2. Fine with me by 0xB · · Score: 2, Interesting


    I expect there will be lots of replies saying how vital cellphones are (doctors in cinemas, road accidents. etc.) to society

    Humans have survived for millions of years without cellphones. Society isn't going to disintegrate just because you can't talk to your friend 24 hours a day from every point on the globe.

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  3. Re:Good riddance by 0xB · · Score: 2, Interesting

    On the other hand, why does everything new have to become so ubiquitous?
    Just because we can communicate so easily, this doesn't mean the privelege should mutate into a right so quickly and easily.

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