Canadian Government to Jam Radio Signals

An anonymous reader submits: "According to this article, the Canadian government has given the military and RCMP permission to jam radio signals during the G8 summit and the Pope's visit. I suppose that the stated reason would be to prevent terrorists from communicating with each other, but I have to wonder whether it's also being done to keep those pesky protesters from effectively organizing at the G8. And if this action manages to block wireless 911 calls, and someone dies because of that, who's going to be willing to step up to the plate and take the blame?"

Comments

Re:are 911 calls the problem?

[jkujawa]

I'd find it quite amusing if the jamming intended to stop remotely-triggered explosive devices triggered those devices.

But Schadenfreude is my favorite passtime.

great new technology...

[Anonymous Coward]

...sure beats the old method of posting "No Terrorism" signs all over the place.

Re:Because we all know...

[aminorex]

> It's not just the bad guys who use mobile phones. Having been
> part of security details for a government organization...

So you're a bad guy too. Where's the counter-example?

Obligatory Marley Comment

[Eberlin]

Since the Pope's involved, They can say:
"We're jammin' in the name of the Lord!!!"

Re:The G8 Summit.

[muonzoo]

Er, which capital city are you thinking of?

There isn't even a city where the G8 is officially being held (Kananaskis) and Calgary is neither a federal nor a provincial capital.

Toronto, is not Canada's capital either.

Ottawa holds that dubious honour. Toronto just thinks it's the captial of Canada and, of course, many people around the world get fooled.

For good time, you can always check what our southern neighbours think about us.

In other news...

[GLX]

Watches and other methods of keeping time have also been outlawed at this event, because the chance of a group of people synchronizing their watches and deciding to cause a disturbance at the same time is way too high.

Godwin's law

[robolemon]

from godwinslaw.com:

Godwin's Law
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

Corollary of Practicality
There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, the thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups.