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[ PRIVACY Forum ] BART Defends Mobile Service Shutdown
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BART Defends Mobile Service Shutdown
http://j.mp/IG2fjI (Slashdot)
"In a filing to the FCC, Bay Area Rapid Transit general manager Grace
Crunican defended last August's mobile shutdown, saying that 'a
temporary disruption of cell phone service, under extreme
circumstances where harm and destruction are imminent, is a necessary
tool to protect passengers.' Taking the opposing position, digital
rights groups, including Public Knowledge, Free Press, the Electronic
Frontier Foundation and the Center for Democracy and Technology, told
the FCC (PDF) that 'wireless interruption will necessarily prohibit
the communications of completely innocent parties - precisely those
parties closest to the site where the emergency is located or
anticipated.'"
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