A Philadelphia man admitted to using mobile phone jammers to block passengers’ conversations, and made headlines. The driver named Eric said: “He has the law, and frankly, I am proud of it.”
This story was first reported by the NBC Philadelphia branch, which was disturbing and became the top of the Google Trends theme list on Friday.
Forbes’ Meghan Casserly said she had talked to two other cell phone jammers-one in New York and one in Washington, DC-and they said they were proud of what they did. A man told her that he was using a jammer to “turn off the speakers on the train near me” and never felt embarrassed to interrupt the call.
It should be said that it is illegal to interfere with cell phone jammer signals for various reasons. The gadget prevents incoming and outgoing calls. This means that inappropriate traffic jams can limit people’s ability to call emergency services or report crimes.
There is also the first changing theme. The San Francisco public transportation system’s decision to block cell phone signals as part of a counterinsurgency effort prompted the Federal Communications Commission to say it would review “deliberate government service interruptions.”
However, despite many countermeasures against government shutdowns, disruptors like Eric say they do not feel that they pose a threat to public safety. When a Philadelphia investigator asked him if he was worried about disturbing someone seeking help on the bus, he said the situation was another.
“Of course, if there is such a situation on the bus, I can imagine that I will be right in the middle. And I can imagine that is of course a completely different situation; I can imagine that I will choose 911,” Eric said to the TV station.