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Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say (www.nytimes.com)

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Israel carried out its operation against Hezbollah on Tuesday by hiding explosive material within a new batch of Taiwanese-made pagers imported into Lebanon, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation.

The pagers, which Hezbollah had ordered from Gold Apollo in Taiwan, had been tampered with before they reached Lebanon, according to some of the officials. Most were the company’s AP924 model, though three other Gold Apollo models were also included in the shipment.

The explosive material, as little as one to two ounces, was implanted next to the battery in each pager, two of the officials said. A switch was also embedded that could be triggered remotely to detonate the explosives.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

My brother in christ, you are still missing the point.

So you pick up a message that reads "867-5309" and the receiver picks up their landline and calls.

So you have a phone number now. One that you probably already had given the organization we're talking about. If the call is staying landline and within the boundaries of their country, you aren't picking up shit with your SDR. You need to have a physical tap somewhere.

They swapped cell phones which send and receive for pagers that receive only. Think for 2 seconds what that means for tracking. To say nothing of also losing the fucking microphone, camera, GPS...

There's a reason pagers are allowed into SCIFs where phones and other devices which send are not.

There's more to security than your experience picking up unencrypted shit with an SDR.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I appreciate your explanation. Thank you. The point was, I'd have liked to see a comment like that from the start instead of the snarkiness. I tend to get irritated when people just insult each other going "nuh-uh" without any substance. Nobody learns shit that way. If somebody is wrong, just correct them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I brought up emanations in my first reply…

I even couched it with a "might be" because I'm aware there's lots I don't know.

It wasn't that you may be wrong. It was your overconfidence and hyper-fixation on one type of security.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

with all respect, i think if you reread the original comment you might find it reads in a less vindictive tone than you originally read it in. text can be notoriously bad at conveying the difference between a generalized chuckle and a targeted insult, especially when the reader has experience or passion in the topic.