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Re:UK phone masts attacked amid 5G-coronavirus conspiracy th... by geofft on Saturday April 04, 2020 @12:16PM (#22779175)
Can you explain why you think this is good?
Re:UK phone masts attacked amid 5G-coronavirus conspiracy th... by hanspedah on Saturday April 04, 2020 @12:46PM (#22779430)
I don't want a smarthome, smartmeters and a future where every IoT device, f.e. TVs, is built with their own 5g modem to spy on citizens. This is going to be the fundament of a survelliance age of never seen, previously unimaginable, intensity. I certainly did not ask for 5g and many did not. I don't care about the claimed crazy high download rate, which obviously will even drop as more people use it.
Re:UK phone masts attacked amid 5G-coronavirus conspiracy th... by jon889 on Saturday April 04, 2020 @01:24PM (#22779762)
That’s not a reason that people thinking 5G causes Coronavirus is a good thing.
Re:UK phone masts attacked amid 5G-coronavirus conspiracy th... by inDigiNeous on Saturday April 04, 2020 @01:28PM (#22779819)
Yeah me neither. Who even asked for being able to stream more videos while walking down the street or in the metro or whatever? People are already locked enough to their phones, why enable it even more ?

I just don't see any other logic in rolling in 5G than the hardware and telecoms manufacturers patting themselves in the back in selling people more useless infrastructure and hardware.

I mean, shouldn't we somehow try to alleviate the current situation of people watching their phones all the time, and not make it worse ? Part of me is happy that people are taking to the streets and destroying these high frequency emitting basestations. We haven't even tested what these do in the long run.

Re:UK phone masts attacked amid 5G-coronavirus conspiracy th... by oxidising on Saturday April 04, 2020 @01:41PM (#22779941)
I really don't think these conspiracy theory led comments belong on HN at all, condoning uninformed/misled people destroying equipment is ridiculous.