A ‘certain four-letter word’ sparked a security incident.

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/47299437

United flight 236 from Newark to Palma de Mallorca on Saturday night was forced to turn around just an hour after takeoff due to security concerns around a Bluetooth signal. Multiple Redditors claimed to be on the flight and reported that the crew repeatedly requested passengers to turn off their Bluetooth. According to one poster, […]

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Because there would be a million copycats & air travel would grind to a halt.

      • teyrnon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        5 days ago

        There have not been a million copycats to any disruptors of air travel, why would there be in this case? There wouldn’t.

      • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        I do not think that witty smart-asses who read this kind of articles are fearless enough to be copycats.

        The other cheeky asses who would copycat it are probably not the people to be let on a plane. Best case scenario they get on a no-fly list.