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lostloginyesterday at 6:24 PM2 repliesview on HN

The other incident mentioned is worse I think. It wasn’t a potential threat, it was stating an opinion.

“a Wi-Fi hotspot named "Free Palestine, F Zionists" prompted the pilot to issue a warning to the cabin, telling the passenger responsible that they had "30 seconds" to remove the name or the FBI would meet the aircraft.”


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HDBaseTyesterday at 11:05 PM

Genuine question, what could the FBI actually do?

I understand that the United States is actually a puppet for Israel, although the name on a Bluetooth device isn't really breaking any laws? It's not calling harm to someone, its not a threat. I thought America was the place of free speech?

dghlsakjgyesterday at 6:54 PM

Given that the Palestinian Liberation Organization has an actual history of multiple hijackings, this makes a slight amount of sense.

Of course, someone planning to hijack a flight would probably never try to do so with WiFi ssid’s, not to mention that hardened cockpit doors and passenger attitudes mean that PLO style hijackings are now impossible.

Of course, telling people to turn off the network name (bomb, Palestine or otherwise) and everything will be fine, is a tacit admission that the whole thing is theater.