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sohi

Der Spiegel wrote it is all the same model "Gold Apollo AR-924". Hezbollah recently bought
thousands of them after they realized they were targeted with their mobile phone locations.

Apparently Schin Bet killed a Hamas bombmaker in 1996 with 15g of RDX explosive in a mobile phone. So it doesn't take a large amount.

At 08:00 on 5 January 1996, Ayyash's father called him and Ayyash answered. Overhead, an Israeli plane picked up their conversation and relayed it to an Israeli command post. When it was confirmed that it was Ayyash on the phone, Shin Bet remotely detonated it, killing him instantly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_Ayyash

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rhb in reply to @sohi

How might one check one's phone for explosives? #askingforafriend

Seriously it is some dystopian nightmare to know this is possible and that comms devices are being weaponised like this.

I put on my tin foil hat & robe to speculate, if every Samsung & iPhone was prepped the same there could be a mass extermination event on a scale unimaginable. Bonkers.

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hugo7 in reply to @rhb

They have prior for exploding mobiles.
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Acliff in reply to @rhb

Conspiracy theorists have been validated worldwide.
Perhaps they will stay off twitter in case their phones go pop.
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Airhead in reply to @rhb

if every Samsung & iPhone was prepped the same there could be a mass extermination event on a scale unimaginable.

Taking that a step further. When AI can build factories and implement this kind of thing it will really help it to keep the population in line.

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