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I'd love to know if it was a specific model of pager and if it was a physical attack variant of the info gathering sting the FBI did

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) Sep 17 '24, 15:20

It reminds me of the same social engineering efforts the FBI and associates did where you convince large number of target individuals to adopt tainted hardware

FBI’s Encrypted Phone Platform Infiltrated Hundreds of Criminal Syndicates; Result is Massive Worldwide Takedown (www.justice.gov)

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I remember when an old cell phone just sitting on a table EXPLODED like a firecracker near me...the battery puffed like a tube of toothpaste - zeitgeist Sep 17, 16:36 1
- I think it would have been too unreliable to rely on Li-Ion to explode on its own. - Beryllium Sep 17, 17:20
Good thing malls no longer have Beeper Depots. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 15:21

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I'd love to know if it was a specific model of pager and if it was a physical attack variant of the info gathering sting the FBI did

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