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Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by hvb2 »

bruce511 wrote: post #109
bdcravens wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or going into the baggage claim area with a bag containing an explosive device, then acting like they grabbed the wrong bag and putting it back on the carousel, and then leaving.

As an aside, this is something I've only seen in the US. At least in my country the domestic baggage claim area is not accessible unless from an arriving aircraft. I'm guessing that has more to do with theft though than security.

No, that's because in the US they're handling the international flights separately. It's also the reason why even when you have a layover, you need to clear customs.

Domestic flights in the US are like busses/trains elsewhere. Most people fly without a checked bag

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by basilikum »

dabinat wrote: post #120
jychang wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was a bomb speaker: https://hellottec.com/product/bomb-portable-bluetooth-speake...

Calling their speaker Bomb was asking for trouble and I’m surprised this hasn’t occurred before now. It reminds me of when RED released a camera called Weapon, and I heard of people putting tape over the name when going through the airport.

They did not calculate with the stupidity of some people. I don't blame them. There are just too many mind blowing ways of stupidity to be able to account for all of them. Also it's not their fault other people decide to ground a plane for no reason.

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by stouset »

Retric wrote: post #121
jacobrast wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would a terrorist want to plant a Bluetooth device on someone else's bag when all it would accomplish is a minor delay of one flight and would result in a prison sentence after security camera review??

Why stop at one bag for one flight? > would result in a prison sentence That doesn’t seem like a significant deterrent here.

This is the type of prank you’d see some idiot do to try and get followers on TikTok, not something a terrorist would bother with.

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by diab0lic »

Insanity wrote: post #130

Which bomb would advertise itself as such.. this is something I’d expect in the movie Airplane!, not something to happen in real life.

I completely agree from a logical perspective. However if the plane blew up and it came out that some passengers had posted online that there was a “bomb” blue tooth device and they didn’t turn around… the court of public opinion would be pretty harsh. This was more or less their only choice from a liability perspective.

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by philistine »

jacobrast wrote: post #115
xrd wrote: post #85

What's to prevent terrorists from going through TSA, waiting in the scanning line when everyone is still going through, and then planting a bluetooth device into someone else's bag? I never open my carryon once I have packed it. This reminds me of the SNL sketch where TSA employees had no answer for someone bringing two separate bottles of 3.9 ounces onto the plane. I'm sure Sean Duffy, of Real World and now Sec of T…

Why would a terrorist want to plant a Bluetooth device on someone else's bag when all it would accomplish is a minor delay of one flight and would result in a prison sentence after security camera review??

Remember: Kim Jong-Un’s brother was not killed directly by North Korean goons. They hired two women they convinced they were working on a prank show to spray him with the poisons.

You’d do something like that.

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by LPisGood »

xrd wrote: post #85

What's to prevent terrorists from going through TSA, waiting in the scanning line when everyone is still going through, and then planting a bluetooth device into someone else's bag? I never open my carryon once I have packed it. This reminds me of the SNL sketch where TSA employees had no answer for someone bringing two separate bottles of 3.9 ounces onto the plane. I'm sure Sean Duffy, of Real World and now Sec of T…

People accidentally sneak weapons through TSA all the time.

There are many anecdotal examples out there. More scientifically, they had a horrific detection rate in some audits.

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by lostlogin »

chimeracoder wrote: post #74
alfiedotwtf wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Free Palestine” isn’t exactly fringe. In fact, outside America and Israel, I’d bet it’s the default stance

> “Free Palestine” isn’t exactly fringe. In fact, outside America and Israel, I’d bet it’s the default stance That's certainly not true in many European countries

> That's certainly not true in many European countries

This suprised me. I’ve hunted for polling and can find plenty showing a plummeting opinion on Israel, but little on internal polling about a Palestinian state.

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by lostlogin »

tjpnz wrote: post #31
alfiedotwtf wrote: post #2

> "Free Palestine, F Zionists" Does the FBI usually get involved when someone says these words in public in the US?

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Can you? ‘I support Palestinian Action’ is all I can think of and it’s the same length.

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by stouset »

koolba wrote: post #92
xrd wrote: post #85

What's to prevent terrorists from going through TSA, waiting in the scanning line when everyone is still going through, and then planting a bluetooth device into someone else's bag? I never open my carryon once I have packed it. This reminds me of the SNL sketch where TSA employees had no answer for someone bringing two separate bottles of 3.9 ounces onto the plane. I'm sure Sean Duffy, of Real World and now Sec of T…

> What's to prevent terrorists from going through TSA, waiting in the scanning line when everyone is still going through, and then planting a bluetooth device into someone else's bag? I never open my carryon once I have packed it. I make it a point to hold up the whole line until it is my turn to go through the xray. It gets fun when they mandate a pat down in lieu of the millimeter wave scanner but refuse to have so…

I’m not saying this as an ad hominem and simply to throw insults, but with the hopes that it will encourage you to change your behavior.

The only thing this accomplishes is making you the kind of asshole who interferes with other people that are just trying to make their flight on time. You are not highlighting flaws in the security system. You are not taking a principled ethical stance against tyranny. You are just acting like an asshole for the sake of being an asshole and making life just a little bit worse for everyone else around you.

This is not something to brag about. This is something to be ashamed of.

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