This is a terrorist attack by Israel on a massive scale. They blew up countless numbers of people driving, meaning that cars lost control, shopping around children, etc.

  • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I meant safer in terms of the device doing what you expect it to be doing

    Absolutely, I’m just putting some nuance into it for people who don’t know anything about pagers.

    Also, pagers that support encryption are absolutely a thing.

    Fair, but it appears these were Apollo Gold A25, an off the shelf FLEX system.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      3 months ago

      Yeah, in this case I’m guessing they’d just use coded messages when communicating. Ultimately, that’s even more effective since those are indistinguishable from regular messages unless you know the special meaning of the words used. So, they’re even less likely to attract attention.