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wtallis on March 11, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

It should be much easier for cell phones, since the underlying physical medium is a broadcast medium. It takes significant engineering effort to get rid of this capability.

JoachimSchipper on March 12, 2011 [–]

That would require a completely separate, unencrypted broadcast protocol. Yes, you could design that, but who will pay for it?

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