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Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by avs733 »

netsharc wrote: post #63
paulmd wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been wondering if it's one of the 5G weirdos who got tired of burning down antennas on the street and started thinking bigger.

If they're technically capable to make something this sophisticated, surely they'd know that all the 5G conspiracy theories are technically bunk? Although there are 2 variants of 5G weirdoism: the "cancer waves!" one and the "it gives us Covid!" one. The latter is easier to debunk...

Knowledge or expertise in one field does not always transfer to another one. C.f. Ben Carson, famed neurosurgeon, thought the Pyramid's were built to store grain.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by sillysaurusx »

joseph_grobbles wrote: post #135
sillysaurusx wrote: post #115

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Neural net synth would be even easier to trace. It’s quite hard to set up an aws account via untraceable currency and an untraceable phone. I did it when I was 25 or so, and it took about three weeks of planning and execution just to get the cards and phone. Given the sophistication of the attack, I wouldn’t say it’s impossible they have neural net experience. But as someone who spent a good chunk of time trying to g…

The same difficulty of anonymity arises with the RV itself, a very ostentatious vehicle that not only can be traced with ease, it can be tracked retroactively on virtually every street, every highway, etc. Regardless, for all we know the person isn't concerned with being caught (and may currently be deceased given that possible human remains have been found).

You're right. I retract my comment; it was fundamentally mistaken.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by goodluckchuck »

netsharc wrote: post #63
paulmd wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been wondering if it's one of the 5G weirdos who got tired of burning down antennas on the street and started thinking bigger.

If they're technically capable to make something this sophisticated, surely they'd know that all the 5G conspiracy theories are technically bunk? Although there are 2 variants of 5G weirdoism: the "cancer waves!" one and the "it gives us Covid!" one. The latter is easier to debunk...

The only 5g conspiracy I’ve heard of was that Huawei and ZTE work closely with the CCP and installing infrastructure from those manufacturers may give China a grip over a huge swath of domestic communications.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by Animats »

Too much speculation.

Interesting that the outage started hours after the explosion. The obvious speculation is that the CO lost power after the batteries ran down, but that's not definite yet.

Are they back up? If it's just power loss, they should be by now.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by zw123456 »

epmaybe wrote: post #6

Is the FirstNet network only run by AT&T or by other providers as well?

AT&T only. But unclear if that would be effected, that was a wireline C.O., not sure if they also had their wireless switching there, sometimes the wireless and wireline are in different buildings.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by corndoge »

ideophobia wrote: post #157
bronco21016 wrote: post #152

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The only thing you’re missing in your plot is encrypted messengers that can’t be cracked without sweeping legislation.

I saw a bunch of headlines recently that said the FBI had decrypted one of the popular secure messaging apps (telegram or signal maybe?), which, bizarrely enough, fits my narrative perfectly. Though I saw other headlines stating that was incorrect reporting.

You probably saw the headlines about Cellebrite claiming to have "signal decryption" capabilities, which they did, provided they had the device in hand and unlocked

https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-and-clickbait/

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by bigbubba »

olefoo wrote: post #153
ideophobia wrote: post #148

Considering the FBI recently foiled a plot by a group who was planning to "take out" parts of the energy grid, it seems likely from my experience that this is another set of people executing a similar plan targeting telecoms. I imagine there is a high probability of more incidents like this happening between now and the inauguration, meant to target various infrastructure and "big government" components throughout th…

What we're seeing is a "stochastic insurgency" where loosely affiliated groups and individuals conceive, plan and execute infrastructure attacks and targeted assassinations. Relatively little operational coordination; but lots of online showing support and post-crime support. I hope all congressional representatives and local government officials are reviewing their safety plans.

I wonder what other crimes have stochastic forms... could violent video games be stochastic murder, if among the thousands of players there is one disturbed person who might be inspired by depictions of violence to act violently? Could songs glorifying violent lifestyles also be called stochastic crime? Folk songs glorifying cartels come to mind. If an unrealistic war movie inspires teenagers to join the army, might the producers of that movie have some share of the blame for the actions undertaken by that army?

Where is the line drawn between stochastic crimes and free speech?

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by bronco21016 »

ideophobia wrote: post #157
bronco21016 wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only thing you’re missing in your plot is encrypted messengers that can’t be cracked without sweeping legislation.

I saw a bunch of headlines recently that said the FBI had decrypted one of the popular secure messaging apps (telegram or signal maybe?), which, bizarrely enough, fits my narrative perfectly. Though I saw other headlines stating that was incorrect reporting.

The company claiming to have broken Signal was simply pulling the database of messages off of an unlocked phone. It’s definitely not a hack and the blog post has since been heavily retracted.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by meekmockmook »

cinquemb wrote: post #175
meekmockmook wrote: post #170

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Heh. Maybe I should start looking at property in Costa Rica or Finland or somewhere just totally away from it all.

I left the US 5 years ago… I think the US will be ground zero for this "Innovation" (although proof of concepts have been deployed in the ME for years, tech cheaper now for more people to use for their own ends)… :P I don't think anywhere is completely safe, but I do think some places have less likelihood of such happening due to the backdrop not skewing incentives as much in those places for such to happen, but ever…

Where did you end up? And did you feel your quality of life improve?

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by ALittleLight »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #101
orblivion wrote: post #71

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This makes for such a fascinating story. Supervillain type stuff. Except fortunately in this case a supervillian with some sort of code of ethics.

Let's not idolize crazy. Fascinating, yes. But supervillains have redeeming qualities. There's nothing redeeming about a car bomb.

Well playing a warning and picking a time and place to minimize casualties is some kind of redeeming. It would certainly be worse if they tried to kill people, picking a crowded place and time.
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