Chess prodigy joked "I'm Taliban" in message, sparked fighter jet escort

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Post by Thorondor » Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 8:10 PM UTC

Chess prodigy joked "I'm Taliban" in message, sparked fighter jet escort
dailymail.co.uk

Re: Chess prodigy joked "I'm Taliban" in message, sparked fighter jet escort

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Post by eimrine » Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 8:28 PM UTC

That's a really nice joke about our whole world. Is this postironia?

Re: Chess prodigy joked "I'm Taliban" in message, sparked fighter jet escort

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Post by photoGrant » Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 8:36 PM UTC

The frightening part of this story for me is the lack of 'evidence' that any friends screenshotted/shared this information.

So if it was sent in a 'private snapchat' group -- and he's now potentially footing a 90k bill? For what? Incredible

Re: Chess prodigy joked "I'm Taliban" in message, sparked fighter jet escort

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Post by RegnisGnaw » Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 8:48 PM UTC

I think the message was more then "I'm Taliban", according to the article it was "On my way to blow up the plane. I'm a member of the Taliban."

I think blowing up the plane was a bigger deal

Re: Chess prodigy joked "I'm Taliban" in message, sparked fighter jet escort

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Post by RegnisGnaw » Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 8:51 PM UTC

photoGrant wrote: post #3

The frightening part of this story for me is the lack of 'evidence' that any friends screenshotted/shared this information. So if it was sent in a 'private snapchat' group -- and he's now potentially footing a 90k bill? For what? Incredible

One of the friends says no one shared the photo, how do we know this to be true?

Re: Chess prodigy joked "I'm Taliban" in message, sparked fighter jet escort

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Post by java-man » Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 8:58 PM UTC

Never greet a Jack on the plane.

Re: Chess prodigy joked "I'm Taliban" in message, sparked fighter jet escort

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Post by quantified » Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 9:47 PM UTC

photoGrant wrote: post #3

The frightening part of this story for me is the lack of 'evidence' that any friends screenshotted/shared this information. So if it was sent in a 'private snapchat' group -- and he's now potentially footing a 90k bill? For what? Incredible

> It was not made clear how they obtained the information, although a friend of Aditya's said the information - including the photo - could have been picked up from Gatwick Airport WiFi servers that one of the friends in the Snapchat group was using.

"Picked up from ... wifi servers" means either comms are unencrypted or there is a successful MITM presence there. Also likely is that Snapchat just raised the alarm.