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1. Re: How did pagers explode? (Tom Worthington)
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 07:54:33 +1000
From: Tom Worthington <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [LINK] How did pagers explode?
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On 19/9/24 09:50, Roger Clarke wrote:
> Apart from the slightly fuzzy image ...
Given this was my mobile phone running Zoom, propped against a jar of
jam on my hotel bed, I am surprised how good it looked on TV.
> I've wondered about the extent to which the nature of the devices and
> their uses has changed from their earlier manifestations. ...
The units identified in the media look like a clone of the Motorola unit
I had in the 1990s. I expect the protocols and software are largely
unchanged from decades ago & easy to hack.
> Now, about this morning's exploding radios ...
It sounds like the script for a black comedy, if it was not so tragic.
--
Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au
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