Great
for setting off car bombs. I imagine.
(Rsoles, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 17:41, 1 reply)

If you want to set off a car bomb
There are options. I can't imagine anyone sitting around watching QVC and Price Drop TV looking for one of these.

Still, if they are, hold on lads, I'm working as fast as I can...
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 20:27, closed)

Well
they certainly don't go to Carbomb Warehouse to get the latest in remote control detonators, this is EXACTLY what they'd be looking for, they don't even need to buy a shitty phone with all the potential of being pinpointed by Secret Squirrel & Co.


Um, this is all supposition, I'm not at all interested in the perfect way to commit a terrorist atrocity!

I keep misplacing my fucking keys though.
(Rsoles, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 11:55, closed)

Nope
You'd surely have to register this as well if there's a law that says you've got to register "normal" phones. Also, avoiding detection is pretty simple- PAYG mobiles can be gotten without much ID checking and you can probably get SIMs from Tesco these days...

Or go to another country that has lower ID requirements. It's not like roaming rates are a huge problem when you'd sending the string "KABLOOEY!"

Alternatively they could use one of about a billion other types of detonator- many of which would be perfectly suited to scenarios where the phone would suck.

Also, can you imagine having to report back to Bin Laden "Damn Vodafone! The bomb didn't go off because we didn't have 3G coverage!"
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Sat 1 Aug 2009, 2:08, closed)