The article makes some reasonable points, except registration by the inflight device is necessary. Unless someone is in the hold clicking the EULA that cellphone is useless.
Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?
The objections make no sense whatsoever. If a Tango has a Wifi enabled bomb set up, then it's not going to matter if the Cabin SSID is broadcasting. They'll just use a peered connection.
(US) NATO phonetic alphabet for the letter "T" and for "Target" (or enemy). Example: "We have two Tango's at 3 o'clock - I'll take the right one."
The bigger hole in this argument is the fact that a remote trigger isn't even necessary, a simple timer, or altimeter, or GPS, could be used as a trigger. If a remote trigger is desired for remote hijacking purposes, cell or WiFi would be convenient, but sat phones would work too...
But someone with a very long yagi antenna could probably transmit a signal to an overhead airplane. Due to the way airplanes travel only in corridors it wouldn't be too hard to set someone up on the ground.