'Wi-Fi Police' Stalk Olympic Games

schwit1 writes with news from London that Olympic venues are being patrolled by so-called "Wi-Fi police," who seek out and shut down unauthorized access points and hotspots. BT is the "official communications services provider" for the Games, so access points other than the ones they set up or approve have been disallowed. A picture tweeted from the Olympics shows a gentleman carrying a portable direction antenna that can localize sources of transmission and interference. "One possible aim of shutting down such WiFi access points is to cut down on interference with essential wireless communications being used by those refereeing, reporting on and working at the sporting events. ... The news of the WiFi crackdown has angered many of those following the Games online, who were already upset at Olympic authorities' attempts to limit the use of social networking tools at the Games at certain times. The London Olympics had been billed as the first 'social media Games,' but organizers have been accused of bungling the effort to seamlessly integrate popular technologies like Twitter and Facebook into the event."

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Re:"We want more money"

[Anonymous Coward]

Gee based on that you I expect will be voting Romney right?

Romneyt - earned his millions in the private sector, created many jobs and gave opportunites to untold thousands of people.

Obama - Spen nearly his whole career in public service, accomplishing very little unless you count ruining the economy, destroying the healthcare system, growing the government as good things. Unemployment has been over 8% (its really 15 or more) for the longest stretch in recorded history. A lot of his money comes from two phony books he probably didn't even write, otherwise he has been sucking at the taxpayers teat the whole time and recieving bribes from unions, crony capitalists and on and on.

So who will you vote for then? Who has the better product?

Re:The Olympic Park is Private Property

[FireFury03]

The Olympics are a deterrent to people going to London at all - shops or otherwise.

London is a pretty good deterrent to people going to London at all... Can't see why anyone would want to visit the place, let alone live there.