From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/19/2024 6:22 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote:   
   > On 9/19/2024 12:31 PM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   >> Are there any SF stories that predicted the sort of attack via   
   >> exploding pages/walkie-talkies/etc.?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I've read techno-thrillers where such is used but no SF that I can   
   > remember.   
      
   I wonder if we'll ever find out the details about these attacks.   
      
   Pagers are individually addressable. I don't know if the radios are.   
      
   So far, it looks like the explosives and associated circuitry were   
   not added to completed devices, but much earlier in the supply chain.   
      
   It would be interesting to pull apart other devices of the same models,   
   and see if they too have surprise features.   
      
   I recall about 20 years ago a PLO(?) leader died when his cell phone   
   exploded, but it had recently been out for repair.   
      
   pt   
      
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