Four Indigenous People Killed In 'Clash' With Venezuelan Military Over Wi-Fi (washingtonpost.com) 18
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Washington Post: In the depths of the Amazon jungle, a dispute over WiFi turned deadly earlier this month when four Yanomami were killed in what the government is calling a "clash" between the Indigenous group and Venezuelan soldiers. On March 20, a group of Indigenous men approached soldiers at a military base in Parima B -- a remote part of the Venezuelan Amazon that borders Brazil -- to ask them for the WiFi password, according to five people with knowledge of the situation. The Indigenous community and the military had agreed to share the router, but the soldiers changed the password without the authorization of the Yanomami, igniting the conflict, said the five people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter. Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab launched an investigation into what he referred to as a "clash" between the Venezuelan soldiers and the Yanomami. No information has been shared since the investigation started, and Saab did not answer questions from The Washington Post about the inquiry.
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BTW, thanks for giving me an outlet. I used to be horribly repressed, but now . . . not so much!
What about the aligator? (Score:2)
heh [youtube.com]
The Indigenous Nature, of WiFi (Score:2)
"a group of Indigenous men approached soldiers at a military base...to ask them for the WiFi password.."
Certainly I wasn't the only one who swapped out the spear and loincloth, for a pair of glasses and a laptop.
Guess we have a new idea of how indigenous WiFi is, based on the generation who can't live or breathe without it. It's like part of the atmosphere now. Ah, smell that freshly planted 5G.
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So this is on Slashdot because wifi was involved?
According to the report, the clash involved guns as well as bows and arrows. Police seized a 9mm gun and at least 70 rifle shells.
The *really* wanted that wifi. Maybe Elon can fly in some Starlink dishes to avoid a full-on war with the natives. It will certainly get the click-count up.
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It's Wi-Fi not wifi, WiFi or any other lazy typed variant.
yeah ... if pedantic, lazy is not an adverb. Learn grammar before whinging.
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If you read the article, you will find that no sticks or stones were involved. Both sides had guns. The Yanomami were also using bows an arrows.
Also, the outcome wasn't as one-sided as the summary portrays it. Beside the 4 dead, there were 6 more casualties: three wounded on each side. Also, two soldiers were taken prisoner by the Yanomami.
The article does not mention if the Yanomami managed to get the WiFi password (though it mentions that negotiations resulted in the two prisoners being released, so maybe
Read between the lines (Score:2)
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Teenage riot stuff (Score:3)
That's more or less the same level of confrontation over Wifi access which we get with the kids.
Internet as Service (Score:2)
The local people were grieved enough to get in a fight, guess that's protest that the "authorities" decided to stamp on