Chess prodigy joked "I'm Taliban" in message, sparked fighter jet escort (opens in new tab)

(dailymail.co.uk)

3 pointsThorondor2y ago6 comments

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The frightening part of this story for me is the lack of 'evidence' that any friends screenshotted/shared this information.

So if it was sent in a 'private snapchat' group -- and he's now potentially footing a 90k bill? For what? Incredible

quantified2y ago

> It was not made clear how they obtained the information, although a friend of Aditya's said the information - including the photo - could have been picked up from Gatwick Airport WiFi servers that one of the friends in the Snapchat group was using.

"Picked up from ... wifi servers" means either comms are unencrypted or there is a successful MITM presence there. Also likely is that Snapchat just raised the alarm.

RegnisGnaw2y ago

One of the friends says no one shared the photo, how do we know this to be true?

RegnisGnaw2y ago

I think the message was more then "I'm Taliban", according to the article it was "On my way to blow up the plane. I'm a member of the Taliban."

I think blowing up the plane was a bigger deal

java-man2y ago

Never greet a Jack on the plane.

eimrine2y ago

That's a really nice joke about our whole world. Is this postironia?

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photoGrant2y ago

The frightening part of this story for me is the lack of 'evidence' that any friends screenshotted/shared this information.

So if it was sent in a 'private snapchat' group -- and he's now potentially footing a 90k bill? For what? Incredible

quantified2y ago

"Picked up from ... wifi servers" means either comms are unencrypted or there is a successful MITM presence there. Also likely is that Snapchat just raised the alarm.

RegnisGnaw2y ago

One of the friends says no one shared the photo, how do we know this to be true?

RegnisGnaw2y ago

I think the message was more then "I'm Taliban", according to the article it was "On my way to blow up the plane. I'm a member of the Taliban."

I think blowing up the plane was a bigger deal

java-man2y ago

Never greet a Jack on the plane.

eimrine2y ago

That's a really nice joke about our whole world. Is this postironia?

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