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Thursday, July 29th, 2021

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    AirDropped Gun Photo Causes Terrorist Scare

    A teenager on an airplane sent a photo of a replica gun via AirDrop to everyone who had their settings configured to receive unsolicited photos from strangers. This caused a three-hour delay as the plane — still at the gate — was evacuated and searched.

    The teen was not allowed to reboard. I can’t find any information about whether he was charged with any of those vague “terrorist threat” crimes.

    It’s been a long time since we’ve had one of these sorts of overreactions.

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