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et-alyesterday at 8:28 PM3 repliesview on HN

FYI two years ago, the Indian government shut down mobile service in the state of Punjab to catch one person:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35303486


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makingstuffsyesterday at 11:37 PM

I was there during this, literally text my wife when got notice and said “I do not know when I will be able to text next so keep an eye on your email”.

aussieguy1234yesterday at 10:47 PM

I don't buy their reasoning.

With all the mobile tracking tech, I would have thought that it would have been easier to catch the person if they had a working phone on them.

whatsupdogtoday at 12:12 AM

One terrorist. Fixed it for you.