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, […]

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
    30·
    13 hours ago

    If you named a Bluetooth speaker “Just an ordinary Bluetooth speaker, nothing to see here”, would that be seen as an implied terrorist threat?

    • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      12 hours ago

      Try naming it “Fuck ICE” and see what happens . . . or don’t, because for whatever reason the special snowflakes of that criminal org get really pissy when members of the public offer them honest and heartfelt feedback.