Marketing Agency Uses Homeless As Wi-Fi Hotspots 267
An anonymous reader writes "Marketing agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) has launched a controversial charity scheme at this year's South by Southwest festival, in which homeless people are being used to provide Wi-Fi hotspots. The project, Homeless Hotspots, seeks to address people's need for a high-speed data connection at the festival in Austin, Texas, by issuing the homeless with T-shirts that say 'I am a 4G hotspot.' Passers-by may then pay what they wish either in cash or by PayPal to get online 4G networks via the Wi-Fi device that a homeless person is carrying and the proceeds go to the Front Steps Homeless shelter in Austin."
I AM A 4G HOTSPOT (Score:5, Funny)
This will eliminate homelessness. (Score:5, Funny)
Once all the homeless people are put in jail for the torrents that were shared on their hotspots, they won't be homeless anymore!
Hidden agenda (Score:5, Funny)
The wireless antennas will be placed near the reproductive organs and work at full power on as many channels as possible. All that in order to decrease the future homeless population.
Re:I AM A 4G HOTSPOT (Score:2, Funny)
Can I touch your 4G hot spot?
Give a man a a fish (Score:5, Funny)
"So Mr. Smelly homeless person offering 4G, do you take Via, Master Card, or American Express? It's not like I carry cash around you folk."
As the saying goes:"Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to phish, and he'll clean out your bank account. "
I don't see a problem with this. (Score:5, Funny)