This is wild. Does the IDF have the capability of making a person’s cell phone explode? Are they able to hack the power management or something? Is almost everyone on earth carrying a bomb? WTF.
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My guess is that they figured out that Hezbollah was ordering new encrypted pagers for their members, and modified the devices to include explosives and a mechanism to remotely detonate them.
yep, looks like you were right. sorta reassuring…
There is a huge Hacker News thread about this, discussing the technical aspects among other things. I haven't looked at it yet: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41567299
Yes it is pretty disturbing. I wonder if Huawei cell phones were banned because they refused US orders to install an explosive charge in every phone, that the US government could activate remotely in case of emergency. Kidding I think, but only mostly. They are waiting til they can give us all surgical implants, a staple from science fiction.