[Vanhackspace] chance for VHS to do a good community hacking deed

[Derek Anderson]

Ummmmm. I assume that everybody knows how to turn their phones _off_?

Furthermore, conspiring to disrupt cellular (and by extension 911)
services, in a foreign country, in a public forum? Are you kidding
me?!

Hate to be a killjoy, but, BAD PLAN.

On 8/23/09, Sam Alder <sam.make at gmail.com> wrote:
> This company builds a tower to provide cell service, symbolically the
> coolest thing would be to build a counter-tower that eats up the signal.
>
> -Use a denial of service type attack. Have a computer or two generating
> requests for attention from the tower at a higher rate than it can
> handle. They don't necessarily have to trigger a connection, they just
> have to say "look at me!" repeatedly. A cell tower jammer, as opposed to
> a cell phone jammer.
>
> -Mount a large art piece on the tower, which has a clear artistic goal,
> but also generates huge amounts of electromagnetic static, like some
> kind of tesla coil. (Also, only turn it on in bursts every ten seconds
> or so, to conserve money on the energy bill).
>
> If it's more feasible, they could also be mounted on many smaller towers
> around the playa, which is sort of symbolic of city defenses, posting
> sentries to protect against the attackers.
> ~sam
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