Comment Re:An even better application: (Score -1) 291
That'd be one Hell of a way to keep speeding in check.
How long before someone posts plans for a portable device for sending out bogus messages?
More to the point, would such a device be illegal? It would probably be an almost required item for terrorists. It would be an effective means of spreading panic. Drive around letting people get all sorts of warnings about various disturbances that never materialize. Human beings can be pretty paranoid, so a lot of folks will, instead of thinking they're being messed with or their device is faulty, will think things are happening that are then being covered up.
How long before someone posts plans for a portable device for sending out bogus messages?
More to the point, would such a device be illegal? It would probably be an almost required item for terrorists. It would be an effective means of spreading panic. Drive around letting people get all sorts of warnings about various disturbances that never materialize. Human beings can be pretty paranoid, so a lot of folks will, instead of thinking they're being messed with or their device is faulty, will think things are happening that are then being covered up.
