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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. as always, our leaders look out for the elite by Cryofan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    before they look out for us.

    If it is lives they want to save, how about all the millions of working class people who die obesity, cancer, heart disease, etc? Instead we pay to make sure some elite figurehead won't have his hair rumpled by teenaged girls.

    Typical of the human critter....

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  2. How are flash mobs more dangerous than say... by Demon-Xanth · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...British Soccer fans? They show up at a predetermined time, riot, and then disperse to thier home country. And they've been known to cause injuries and death!

    A soccer ball is the symbol of real terror!

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