load01 02/20/2011

• Egypt Cuts Off Most Internet and Cellphone Service - NYTimes.com

  +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Egyptian 'Net Killed By Intimidation, Not a Switch|   from the break-that-router-or-i'll-break-you dept.|   posted by Soulskill on Friday February 18, @09:28 (Censorship)|   https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/18/140247/Egyptian-Net-Killed-By-Intimidation-Not-a-Switch?from=newsletter+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [0]jfruhlinger writes "In the wake of the Egyptian revolution of the pastweeks, much tech buzz has focused on the 'kill switch' that Mubarak'sgovernment used to try to stop Internet-based networking. The New YorkTimes [1]gives the details. As blogger Kevin Fogarty points out, theprocess involved less high-tech derring do and more [2]intimidation oftech workers by regime thugs."
  Discuss this story at:   https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/18/140247/Egyptian-Net-Killed-By-Intimidation-Not-a-Switch?from=newsletter#commentlisting
  Links:   0. http://joshreads.com/   1. http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/technology/internet/29cutoff.html&OQ=_rQ3D4&OP=5b2f8a18Q2Fm_2Q7DmQ5BPQ5CQ7BEPP(XmXHQ27Q27mHQ27mXQ2Fm(2Q5CTQ24P!PdkmxQ24(2EQ242(mXQ2FQ5CA(P88eT(u!   2. http://www.itworld.com/node/137339

  tags: technology

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