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Flash Mobs a Threat to Security?

Posted by michael on from the disruptive-technologies dept.

RawCode writes "News about a recent report released by the RCMP suggests that flash mobs could pose a future threat to security. 'Some are aimed at celebrities. Tech-savvy teenaged girls in Britain can quickly spread the word on the whereabouts of Prince William, surrounding him with hundreds of screaming fans. Some are political, organizing protests. Text-messaging was instrumental to organizing public demonstrations in the Phillippines that forced President Joseph Estrada from office'."

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  1. Re:RCMP = Royal Canadian Mounted Police by sunwukong · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yup,

    RCMP == FBI
    CSIS == CIA
    CSE == NSA

    Roughly speaking of course -- the exact details are framed in their separate charters and, of course, the constitution differs between our two countries.

  2. Re:Flash mobs work for freedom also by Dyolf+Knip · · Score: 5, Informative

    Civil disobedience is a very good idea in principle, and with the right enemy it can work wonders. But the WTO arrests, the RNC arrests, the willingness to shut down airplanes and whole airports because someone finds a piece of paper with "BOB" written on it, the mass detention of muslims in LA a few years back, the indisputed fact that the US has _by far_ the highest incarceration rate in the world, it's all indicative of guys in charge not really giving a shit about public perception and being more concerned with CYA and maintaining their own jobs.

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    Dyolf Knip