Re: AKICIF: Exploding Pagers

On 9/19/2024 6:22 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote:

On 9/19/2024 12:31 PM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:

Are there any SF stories that predicted the sort of attack via exploding pages/walkie-talkies/etc.?
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 I've read techno-thrillers where such is used but no SF that I can remember.

I wonder if we'll ever find out the details about these attacks.
Pagers are individually addressable. I don't know if the radios are.
So far, it looks like the explosives and associated circuitry were
not added to completed devices, but much earlier in the supply chain.
It would be interesting to pull apart other devices of the same models,
and see if they too have surprise features.
I recall about 20 years ago a PLO(?) leader died when his cell phone
exploded, but it had recently been out for repair.
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