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British man appears in Spanish court over plane-bomb hoax (bbc.co.uk)
5 points by kaimac 877 days ago
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kaimac 877 days ago
>The message, sent before Mr Verma departed Gatwick airport, read: "On my way to blow up the plane (I'm a member of the Taliban)."

>Mr Verma's message was picked up by the UK security services who flagged it to Spanish authorities while the easyJet plane was still in the air.

>A court in Madrid heard it was assumed the message triggered alarm bells after being picked up via Gatwick's Wi-Fi network.

I don't see what this has to do with Gatwick's wifi - presumably one of these agencies have their hooks in Snapchat somewhere, PRISM-style.

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joemclo 877 days ago
Yer it's quite curious, the snapchat endpoint would be behind https surely. So nothing todo with the airport Wifi? The story assumes none of his friends reported him, which I guess could be plausible. Maybe snapchat has internal systems to raise the alarm?
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manarth 877 days ago
It's not clear what law would have been violated here.

> "A British man accused of public disorder"

Is it public disorder, if it's in a private chat, intercepted by members of the security services?

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