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Unorthodox links to the internet Signalling dissent
Economist ^ | March 25 2011

Posted on 03/25/2011 11:22:57 AM PDT by swarthyguy

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Reading between the lines on this article, seems we have kicked over the hornets nest on our own, and poked assorted beehives as well.

Looks like Obama really did set things in motion with what seems to have been a well managed covert campaign organized by various entities and using social networking and communication technologies.

1 posted on 03/25/2011 11:23:01 AM PDT by swarthyguy
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who has designed secret cross-border links to the internet for people in several countries, does so by adding standard USB dongles designed for home Wi-Fi networks. Thus equipped, two properly aligned dishes as much as 100km apart can transmit enough data to carry high quality video. Moreover, the beam is so tightly focused that equipment a mere dozen metres away from its line would struggle to detect it.

Sure. The dish illumination won't be optimal using that USB dongle as a feed, but so what? It allows you to do something you could never do with the USB dongle alone.

2 posted on 03/25/2011 11:32:23 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")
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Marking for future reference. We might need this here before long.
3 posted on 03/25/2011 11:34:32 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Washington is finally rid of the Kennedies. Free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last.)
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100km isn’t a stretch? 62 miles?


4 posted on 03/25/2011 11:36:50 AM PDT by listenhillary (Social Justice is the epitome of injustice.)
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It allows you to do something you could never do with the USB dongle alone.

That sounds just, ... , illicit

5 posted on 03/25/2011 11:41:15 AM PDT by frithguild (The Democrat Party Brand - Big Government protecting Entrenched Interests from Competition)
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Looks like Obama really did set things in motion with what seems to have been a well managed covert campaign organized by various entities and using social networking and communication technologies.

Obozo is subversive of what is traditional Western thought and supportive of Marxist dictators.

None of what is in the article is high tech. We (not the government but citizens) helped the Iranian dissidents during the Iran Election phase of Twitter, and the Hondurans during their election crisis. Haystack was a brainchild of citizens not the government, but it was eventually used to track down the dissidents, when the Mullah's employed European tech companies for help.

There is nothing about Obozo that helps those wanting freedom. He is only supporting our destruction and the interest of foreign powers who hate us for our personal freedoms. Commies never create anything, only lie, steal and destroy things others create.

6 posted on 03/25/2011 11:42:35 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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A high gain directional antenna on a CDMA phone
would extend battery life since the transmitter
would not have to run at as high a power level as
with an omnidirectional antenna. Good for fixed
operation.


7 posted on 03/25/2011 11:44:22 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: listenhillary

As long as you can overcome the curvature of the Earth, it can be done.


8 posted on 03/25/2011 11:48:30 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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There's more going on in the domestic telecom industry than what most people realize. If you think that things like this haven't been thought through and counters to it developed, at least at the theory level, then you're fooling yourself. I won't go much farther into it than what I've already said, but this much I can and will say. I have, in my time, worked with some extremely intelligent communications engineers and this work around, as well as it's counter, have been well known and established since the very earliest days of data transmission.

If the data is getting through, it's because someone wants it to get through.

9 posted on 03/25/2011 11:57:34 AM PDT by paladin1_dcs
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Good information. Thank you very much.


10 posted on 03/25/2011 11:57:43 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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> I won’t go much farther into it than what I’ve already said

Damn. I hate that.

Say it, man, what’s to be afraid of.

We’re all transparent these days.


11 posted on 03/25/2011 12:08:14 PM PDT by swarthyguy (KIDS! Deficit, Debt,Taxes! Pfft Lookit the bright side of our legacy -America is almost SmokFrei!)
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What is wrong with CW and Morse code??


12 posted on 03/25/2011 12:10:38 PM PDT by Citizen Tom Paine (An old sailor sends)
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>None of what is in the article is high tech

Not the point.

The point being that what we saw as spontaneous demos in the Arab world may well have been begun by the USA as a matter of policy using some of the tools and techniques this author describes.

That we wittingly and with purpose, deepsixed our allies like Mubarak and perhaps even others in Araby.

Looks to me the US policy elites decided to roll the dice, get rid of the old guard, and take their chances with the popular majority even though it may mean allowing islamists into the rulings circles of places like Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and even Bahrain and Yemen.


13 posted on 03/25/2011 12:12:55 PM PDT by swarthyguy (KIDS! Deficit, Debt,Taxes! Pfft Lookit the bright side of our legacy -America is almost SmokFrei!)
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Not so much afraid as aware of my NDA. I, literally, can’t speak about such things as they’re proprietary.


14 posted on 03/25/2011 12:13:04 PM PDT by paladin1_dcs
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To: Citizen Tom Paine

It can be tracked easily and surreptitiously , placed under scrutiny almost at will and jammed with the proper kit. Not bad it you’re not trying to hide, but if stealth or privacy is high on your priority list, don’t go that route.


15 posted on 03/25/2011 12:15:39 PM PDT by paladin1_dcs
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OK, OK, I was kiddin’ or trying to provoke you into dropping some juicy tidbits. Frankly, with an active imagination and a slightly paranoid and cynical nature, I could hypothesise - well I did say we’re all transparent now.

Cheers. But then you probably know what beer I’m imbibing anyway :>>


16 posted on 03/25/2011 12:16:20 PM PDT by swarthyguy (KIDS! Deficit, Debt,Taxes! Pfft Lookit the bright side of our legacy -America is almost SmokFrei!)
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You’re welcome. Some articles compel one to share.

What struck me about his was the organized method to promote dissent. Outfits like the ones mentioned don’t just operate in a vacuum. And those cute techie tricks.

Hence, my conclusion that the USA has embarked on a significantly new policy in the Muddled East, igniting the repressed dissent of the region.


17 posted on 03/25/2011 12:19:50 PM PDT by swarthyguy (KIDS! Deficit, Debt,Taxes! Pfft Lookit the bright side of our legacy -America is almost SmokFrei!)
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LOL, I'm glad you understand. I thought you were kidding, but wasn't sure and wanted to make certain that you understood that I wasn't just blowing smoke for fun.

If you want a real fun thought exercise, think on this. Unlike a mechanical switch, cell phones are activated by an electrical signal. While most of the time that signal comes from the keypad, it's doesn't have to be that way all of the time.

18 posted on 03/25/2011 12:21:33 PM PDT by paladin1_dcs
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I’ve thrown this out at parties to get a rise out of people.

Techies can turn on fones surreptiously without the device signaling anything and/or an active one can be used as a mike without the knowledge of the owner/operator of the fone.

Gasps of disbelief, and you’re a nut follow.

Fine, a nut, but doesn’t mean I’m incorrect.


19 posted on 03/25/2011 12:27:13 PM PDT by swarthyguy (KIDS! Deficit, Debt,Taxes! Pfft Lookit the bright side of our legacy -America is almost SmokFrei!)
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To: Citizen Tom Paine

Works fine, a bit slow, and you may be a sitting duck, depending on how clever the opposition is.

Change with the times and technology.

Caddis the Elder


20 posted on 03/25/2011 12:29:47 PM PDT by palmerizedCaddis
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