Listening to SkyNews via Fox via Sirius this morning I twice heard correspondents say that had just been ordered by the police to get off their cell phones because they feared the radio signals could detonate a bomb.
Today the Wall Street Journal reports (free link) about cell phones being used to wage terrorism in Iraq.
Saddam Hussein outlawed cellphones, determined to maintain an iron grip on his subjects. But as Iraq catches up with the world’s information revolution, cellphones have become as commonplace here as they are almost everywhere else in the world. Now, they are increasingly being used as battle tools — to set off bombs from afar, to target fire and to provide insurgents with instant communications.
Meanwhile, the cells in some New York tunnels were turned off after 7/7 out of fear they could be used by terrorists but they were just turned back on because, rightly, authorities say that they are needed for communication in an emergency.
Meanwhile, a study says that hands-free phones don’t reduce the dangers of driving and calling.
Cell phones are getting cultural cooties.
