During the chaos of the Boston Marathon bombing, the Associated Press issued a now-retracted piece in which it alleged that law enforcement shut down cell phone service in the Boston Metro area in order to prevent the remote detonation of any remaining bombs. While this was ultimately denied by Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel, the idea that the
Court Ruling Forces Homeland Security to Admit Existence of “Internet Kill-Switch”
Authorities controlling phones and Internet with a “kill-switch” furthers monitoring concerns.