At 01:15 PM 1/7/96 -0500, you wrote:
SNS News Service "Exploding Phone" January 7, 1996..15 Teves 5756..Number 850..Update from Israel 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.
Sorta gives new meaning to the term "_Terminate_ and Stay Resident" program, doesn't it?!? (Or "end of file.")