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

[dan anderson]

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

Note the emphasis on 'legal'. And ethically, there was no 911 prior to
this year. If people can't show up to an event which explicitly asks
participants to be aware of survival issues and then, you know,
survive... well, they done fucked up. Wander into the desert without
water, even at burning man, and you've Darwinned yourself.

> , it would interfere with the OpenBTS _legal_ mini-GSM network

OpenBTS at Burning Man is like the EFF director's internet at Burning
Man. Nifty and grand, but a small enough scale that it's not
disruptive. A cool project, and not at all financially motivated.

> Unless the company running that full tower has provisioned enough service

Considering the astounding amounts of income from roaming charges, and
the relatively small size of 40k users, I would expect that yes, their
infrastructure will be capable. I certainly hope it isn't.

> I believe in this case that an old fashioned solution is best: Super soakers!

Yeah, there will be some community policing. But if one soaks someone
and the water breaks their phone, one's a criminal.

> Have a computer or two generating requests for attention from the tower at a higher rate than it can handle

Wouldn't this count as jamming? If this would be legal I'll pass it on
immediately, and I expect it'd be implemented.

-D