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05 Jul 05 - 10:21 AM (#1515319) Subject: BS: Phone a Dictator From: JohnInKansas Cloak and dagger stuff: "… people who have discovered a remarkable statistic: that when 20 percent of a population has secure phone communications, dictators get overthrown. …" Add: "Sendo, until Motorola bought it out of bankruptcy today, was Britain's only mobile phone maker. It was a minnow amongst sharks, …" Add: "The plan is simple: to create a $20 mobile phone and make it available in Africa. Mobile phone technology does the rest, and, it is hoped, several dictators will find themselves out of a job." Details at: Motorola's 'Africa Phone' Could it really be that simple? Do note the closing line at the link: "The project is still not publicly visible, and, fascinating though it may be, hard information eludes public gaze." Standard disclaimer: I don't know this commentator by reputation, but eWeek is generally a "respectable" source. John |
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05 Jul 05 - 10:33 AM (#1515337) Subject: RE: BS: Phone a Dictator From: CarolC Interesting idea, but I don't think Mobile phones are very secure. |
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05 Jul 05 - 11:54 AM (#1515440) Subject: RE: BS: Phone a Dictator From: Rapparee They could be. Packet and frequency hopping would be a start. |
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05 Jul 05 - 12:23 PM (#1515456) Subject: RE: BS: Phone a Dictator From: McGrath of Harlow "Secure phone ownership" meaning phones the government can't tap into? Where do they have a phone system like that? |
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05 Jul 05 - 01:17 PM (#1515488) Subject: RE: BS: Phone a Dictator From: Donuel Phome a dictator's children. Otherwise known as dictator tots. |
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05 Jul 05 - 06:57 PM (#1515548) Subject: RE: BS: Phone a Dictator From: Bobert Sorry, I thought they had run a new line to the White House... |
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05 Jul 05 - 08:46 PM (#1515623) Subject: RE: BS: Phone a Dictator From: Amos Ithink it is a great theory; I would love to see it proved out in practice. A |