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United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name (www.theverge.com)

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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, […]

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[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 32 points 18 hours ago (8 children)

That is one of the most bizarre articles I have ever read. Why in the world are we not allowed to know what the "four letter word" is?

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 7 points 12 hours ago

"lmao"?

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 6 points 13 hours ago

While the recording does not explicitly confirm the speculation that the Bluetooth name in question was “bomb,” it would certainly make sense given the response from the crew and security personnel on the ground.

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Bomb

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Like, maybe, probably? But why are we not allowed to know?

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Because there would be a million copycats & air travel would grind to a halt.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

There have not been a million copycats to any disruptors of air travel, why would there be in this case? There wouldn't.

[–] Summzashi@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago

A million.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 13 hours ago

Love. "Love is in the air" is still under copyright protection and the airline just couldn't take a chance of being sued...

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 17 hours ago

That's what I expect it was.

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

To stop voids of personality do copycat incidents

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago

Loss

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Some days you just can't get rid of a four-letter word

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

You, friend, made my day. I never thought I'd see one of my favorite versions of Batman referenced in the wild, on Lemmy of all places. Thank you.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 1 points 13 hours ago

🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago

It's kind of click baitey I thought, but if they don't tell you in the article either what the fuck. It appears it was bomb According to some other commenters that are familiar with some Reddit posts on the issue.

[–] remon@ani.social 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Who says you're not allowed? The airline probably didn't disclose which word it actually was, but the article does gives you a suggestion.