“Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass disturbance.”

Re:“Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in ... by sdfjkl on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @08:49AM (#7102480)

I wonder if this doesn't encourage people. I mean, they're unhappy with an increasingly oppressive government - won't showing them just how oppressive it can be just tell them they're doing the right thing here?

This would be doubly interesting if the message really came from spoofed base stations as apostlion claims.

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Re:“Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in ... by weland on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @09:03AM (#7102535)

It will show them just how oppressive it is. After enough killings and beatings, however, they will not be so sure they're doing the right thing here.

Source: lived in a totalitarian state. The guys who can kill and maim without being held responsible have little reason to fear the masses, as long as they can put up enough violence to contain them.

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