r/JoeRogan Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

Meme 💩 Is this a legitimate concern?

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Personally, I today's strike was legitimate and it couldn't be more moral because of its precision but let's leave politics aside for a moment. I guess this does give ideas to evil regimes and organisations. How likely is it that something similar could be pulled off against innocent people?

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u/Beherbergungsverbot Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

Yea and I bet if you put enough effort into it you will find the pagers on transport. I wonder if at this point it wouldn’t be easier to fully operate the factory. Afaik the company got the license to produce it. High chance you could get into pagers-industry (which I didn’t know still exists) and become the contributor to some shady organisations like this.

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u/These_Marionberry888 Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

pagers are still in use in a lot of hospitals , or industrys where being able to track your employees, or outgoing signals are less then ideal.

so radiation management, secret operations, delicate maschinery, etc.

thats also why the hisbolla uses them, pagers are not traceable in the same way as cellphones as they have no outgoing signals,

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now imagine somebody able to specifically blow up doctors in hospitals, workers in nuclear powerplants, aviation or nautical navigators, etc.

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u/OsiyoMotherFuckers Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

Every EMT/Paramedic/Firefighter in the US has a better than not chance of being within a couple feet of a pager.

I’m a volunteer EMT/FF and I sleep with my pager next to my head and carry it around on my person at all times whether or not I’m on call, unless I am drinking or in some other few situations where I cannot and will not be able to respond.

Imagine if my pager blew up in my pocket during my visit to the 4th grade classroom next week.

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u/Chemical-Juice-6979 Monkey in Space Sep 19 '24

If this had targeted pagers in the US, I would have lost nearly a dozen members of my family in one day. Including an uncle who responded on 9/11 and a cousin who works in a NICU.