BART cuts off subway cell phone service [telecom]

SAN FRANCISCO . Bay Area Rapid Transit district officials said they were attempting Sunday to shut down a hacker's group website that lists the names of thousands of San Francisco Bay area residents who are email subscribers of a legitimate BART website. ... Besides the names of the subscribers, the group, known as Anonymous, also posted the names, street addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.

... The posting comes in response to BART officials on Thursday cutting off underground cellphone service for a few hours at several stations to thwart a planned protest over the recent fatal shooting of a 45-year-old man by police. BART spokesman Jim Allison has said that the cell phone disruptions were legal as the agency owns the property and infrastructure.

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IMHO, since BART owns the cell phone infrastructure on its subway, it has the right to suspend cell phone service.

The use of cell phone technology by mobs to coordinate attacks has created disturbances in London and Philadelphia where property has been damaged and people injured.

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Posted 5 years ago by Lisa or Jeff in General Telecommunications Forum

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