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, […]

  • Atomic@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    particularly in discussions surrounding the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

    Despite popular belief, the world is a lot bigger than just the US, and any airline from across the world would have done the same upon the discovery of a device called “bomb”

    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      I’m not sure what makes you think I was talking about the US in particular. I’ve never been to the US. Unfortunately, their ludicrous practices have proliferated, probably due to them requiring the same practices at origins of flights headed there.