Dubai’s Emirates airline bans pagers, walkie-talkies after device attacks in Lebanon https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/05/travel/emirates-airline-bans-pagers-walkie-talkies-intl
michal_hanu_la on October 5, 2024 5:05 pm Right. Surely no one would try to make _any other type of devices_ explode the next time. (OK, they might be worried about some unused explodey ones still being around, but I’m still curious about the threat model here.)
sad_post-it_note on October 5, 2024 6:03 pm So what is all the airport security for? Does it even work at all?
Radical_Neutral_76 on October 5, 2024 6:56 pm I mean. It makes sense. Any unexploded device is a hazard to a flight.
UselessInsight on October 5, 2024 7:01 pm If you’re flying a lot of Hezbollah members around, I can imagine that’s a sensible precaution.
UrNoFuckingViking on October 5, 2024 7:55 pm What is it about Emirates customer base that requires banning pagers? Hmmmm
dav_man on October 5, 2024 8:10 pm If I saw someone with a pager or walkie talkie irrespective of whether there’s explosives in them I’d be pulling my rubber gloves on sharpish.
d1andonly on October 5, 2024 8:17 pm Realistically speaking, what percent of their customer base still uses a pager?
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Right. Surely no one would try to make _any other type of devices_ explode the next time.
(OK, they might be worried about some unused explodey ones still being around, but I’m still curious about the threat model here.)
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So what is all the airport security for? Does it even work at all?
After almost 10 days? I thought they would ban immediately, not?
I mean. It makes sense.
Any unexploded device is a hazard to a flight.
If you’re flying a lot of Hezbollah members around, I can imagine that’s a sensible precaution.
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the reason why Samsung discontinued their Note series
What is it about Emirates customer base that requires banning pagers?
Hmmmm
If I saw someone with a pager or walkie talkie irrespective of whether there’s explosives in them I’d be pulling my rubber gloves on sharpish.
Realistically speaking, what percent of their customer base still uses a pager?
Who still uses pagers?