Topic: Aircraft bomb finds may spell end for in-flight Wi-Fi

[Clive]

The long-awaited ability to use a cellphone or Wi-Fi connection on an aircraft might become a casualty of the latest aviation security threat.

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[Simon]

"There are many ways of coordinating an attack without using a mobile phone," says Aurélie Branchereau-Giles of OnAir, a company based in Geneva, Switzerland...

Yeah, but that doesn't mean they should allow another one.  People have lived without mobiles on planes for this long, and although I can see the business advantages of in flight WiFi, surely it shouldn't come at the cost of compromised security?

[sam]

The long-awaited ability to use a cellphone or Wi-Fi connection on an aircraft might become a casualty of the latest aviation security threat.

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thank f*** for that... cellphones on planes would just dry me insane!

[Rik]

And we would notice how, Sam? 

[sam]

 

[Simon]

Mad scientist? 

[Rik]