Jammers Vs Falsifications
Once again Ukrainians had to choose a person who will lead them to prosperity and yet again some political forces tried to use any possibility to gain more votes, even unauthorized ones . In addition to “standard” methods of falsification that were used during previous elections, improved methods of interfering into voting process took place.
It is well-known fact that the most widely spread method of falsification at any elections is bribing of voters. The thing is that this method has one big disadvantage, there is a possibility that voter will take money and still vote for another candidate. It was almost impossible to find out the voter’s choice until now. New equipment allowed a person to get absolute control over the voting process of another person with the help of various secret gadgets. So several political forces decided to place small hidden wireless cameras on the bribed voters to receive real time video from voting cabin and so got the chance to check whether the voter made the “right” decision. Also for these purposes cell phones that support video calls were used.
Knowing all this, some parties provided their representatives with special phone jammer to disrupt 2.4 GHz waves and thus to stop opponents from using wireless cameras. Also GSM and 3G blockers were used to disable any cell phones at the voting cabins. In the vast majority of cases only one jammer was used. That universal jammer not only blocks all those bands but also is rather compact so there were no problems with discreet usage of it.
As you see, jammers become more and more popular at the post-Soviet countries. The demand for phonejammers is growing not only among common people but also among various government officials and organizations. In January 2010 jammers were used at the elections, in spring 2010 cell phonejammers are supposed to be used during school exams. What’s next?
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