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Israel carried out its operation against Hezbollah on Tuesday by hiding explosive material within a new batch of Taiwanese-made pagers imported into Lebanon, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation.

The pagers, which Hezbollah had ordered from Gold Apollo in Taiwan, had been tampered with before they reached Lebanon, according to some of the officials. Most were the company’s AP924 model, though three other Gold Apollo models were also included in the shipment.

The explosive material, as little as one to two ounces, was implanted next to the battery in each pager, two of the officials said. A switch was also embedded that could be triggered remotely to detonate the explosives.

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  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
    92·
    1 day ago

    They are anything but. Somebody with a laptop and a $20 USB SDR stick can see every piece of text flying though the air.

    • capital@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      18 hours ago

      They might be in regards to emanation.

      It’s funny how confident comments like these are without really thinking it though.

      • TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
        11·
        8 hours ago

        Go ahead, explain yourself then, since you seem to think I’m some sort of idiot. Because I have actually done this. And no vague psuedointellectual nonsense, technical details please. Frequencies, protocols, software, that sort of thing. Let’s hear your experience in the field.

        • capital@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          4 hours ago

          My brother in christ, you are still missing the point.

          So you pick up a message that reads “867-5309” and the receiver picks up their landline and calls.

          So you have a phone number now. One that you probably already had given the organization we’re talking about. If the call is staying landline and within the boundaries of their country, you aren’t picking up shit with your SDR. You need to have a physical tap somewhere.

          They swapped cell phones which send and receive for pagers that receive only. Think for 2 seconds what that means for tracking. To say nothing of also losing the fucking microphone, camera, GPS…

          There’s a reason pagers are allowed into SCIFs where phones and other devices which send are not.

          There’s more to security than your experience picking up unencrypted shit with an SDR.

          • TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
            1·
            2 hours ago

            I appreciate your explanation. Thank you. The point was, I’d have liked to see a comment like that from the start instead of the snarkiness. I tend to get irritated when people just insult each other going “nuh-uh” without any substance. Nobody learns shit that way. If somebody is wrong, just correct them.