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O2's UK Network Crash Hits Offender Monitoring System
judgecorp writes "Mobile operator O2's network crashed on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. In the aftermath it has emerged how other services rely on mobile networks. Law enforcement agencies were unable to track some convicted criminals wearing electronic tags, and the crash also disabled parts of London's network of 'Boris Bikes' — public hire bikes."
...I actually had to meet my friends face to face and use full sentences
Convicted Criminals on Boris Bikes . . . unable to be tracked!
We'll see their true intent during the Olympics, when the Crown Jewels or something like that are five-fingered.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
We also had a crash in France recently (Orange was down for a whole day), and it made little to no difference on anyone's life -- except control freaks who had to know where you were all the time
i bet that's what the monitored criminals were saying!
"Anyway, if you're relying on a single consumer mobile network for anything life-critical, you're an idiot."
Indeed, solar flares usually inflict damage only on corrupt carriers.
Wait 'til the electricity goes down, most people are so idiotic that they use only one provider there too.