Journalist have to stay on their toes:Journalist Tricked Captors Into Twitter Access                                               |
|   from the 140-characters-of-freedom dept.                                                   |
|   posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 07, @17:45 (Social Networks)                      |
|   https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/2110218/Journalist-Tricked-Captors-Into-Twitter-Ac|
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itwbennett writes "Kosuke Tsuneoka, a Japanese freelance journalist held
captive in Afghanistan since April 1, was released over the weekend. His
freedom came a day after he sent two Twitter messages from a captor's
phone. 'i am still allive [sic], but in jail,' read a message sent at
1:15 p.m. GMT on Friday. It was followed a few minutes later with a
second message, also in English, that read, 'here is archi in kunduz. in
the jail of commander lativ.' The message referred to the Dasht-e-Archi
district of Kunduz where he was being held. On Tuesday, speaking in
Tokyo, Tsuneoka revealed [0]how he managed to convince his captors to
give him access to the Internet. 'He asked me if I knew how to use it, so
I had a look and explained it to him,' said Tsuneoka. 'I called the
customer care number and activated the phone,' he said."

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