[46700] in Cypherpunks
phone calls from hell
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Dolan)
Sun Jan 7 13:29:31 1996
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 13:15:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Brad Dolan <bdolan@use.usit.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 96 11:51:31 PST
From: medic@netvision.net.il
To: shomronnews@felix.dircon.co.uk
Subject: Update 850
SNS News Service "Exploding Phone"
January 7, 1996..15 Teves 5756..Number 850..Update from Israel
According to Army Radio and the Jerusalem Post, reports stated that
approximately 100,000 persons attended the funeral service for the
terrorist, Yechi Ayyash, AKA "The Engineer" in Gaza on Saturday.
[...]
^^^^
It is now being reported that the cellular phone that killed him was
detonated by a remote control. The son of Ayyash's landlord, identified
as Ikrimeh Hamad, was expected to have handed Ayyash the phone
earlier in the day. Some reports state that his whereabouts are
unknown but other reports stated that he is now hiding-out in Israel.
^^^^
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Comment by bd:
I suppose this phone was prepared especially for Ayyash, but the
imagination wanders. Imagine a world in which *every* cellphone
(or other net-connected computer or ....) had a little explosive built
in. For that matter, the case itself could be constructed of a plastic
explosive.
Sure would make it easy to get rid of unwanted citizens.
Just match the voice pattern on the cellphone or confirm the password
issuing from the computer, send the special signal down the line and
*BOOM*, one less nuisance for the state.
