@floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoAn airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the planewww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down14cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1160arrow-down1external-linkAn airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the planewww.businessinsider.com@floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square76fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-square@Altofaltception@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink51•5 months agoYeah why the fuck were they spying on some 18 year old kid’s snapchat?
minus-squareChozolinkfedilink46•5 months agoHe wrote: “On my way to blow up the plane (I’m a member of the Taliban).” There’s no way that text doesn’t get automatically flagged for review by Snapchat.
minus-square@Marcbmann@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•5 months agoThat’s exactly how the Taliban talks. The highly cryptic methods used by this terror organization have been cracked.
minus-squareChozolinkfedilink2•edit-25 months agoWhat makes you think the Taliban is trying to hide? They’re public. They have a Twitter account. They post memes. They’re not trying to be cryptic, they’re pretty out and open with their messaging these days.
minus-square@Lmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilink5•edit-25 months agoBecause if a terrorist sent that then blew up a plane and they didn’t act the public backlash would be insane. While it’s super invasive there are terrorists stupid enough to use services like this to communicate.
Yeah why the fuck were they spying on some 18 year old kid’s snapchat?
He wrote:
There’s no way that text doesn’t get automatically flagged for review by Snapchat.
Who’s reading these private messages?
Snapchat is not private.
That’s exactly how the Taliban talks. The highly cryptic methods used by this terror organization have been cracked.
What makes you think the Taliban is trying to hide? They’re public. They have a Twitter account. They post memes. They’re not trying to be cryptic, they’re pretty out and open with their messaging these days.
Because if a terrorist sent that then blew up a plane and they didn’t act the public backlash would be insane.
While it’s super invasive there are terrorists stupid enough to use services like this to communicate.