Text message blows up suicide bomber by accident

Re:Text message blows up suicide bomber by accident by sbierwagen on Thursday January 27, 2011 @06:35AM (#2147447)

That's why you buy a new pre-paid phone to use as the trigger.

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Re:Text message blows up suicide bomber by accident by drdaeman on Thursday January 27, 2011 @07:40AM (#2147579)

Don't know about other countries, but in Russia, mobile operators just love to SMS-spam you with tons of advertising. Even though they provide option to opt-out, but even then will still accidentally send messages. Some carriers even used to spam in USSD queries results, appending ads to useful information (like account balance).

(Therefore I doubt it was New Year congratulations. Probably just an ad (may be New Year-themed, though))

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Re:Text message blows up suicide bomber by accident by robotron on Thursday January 27, 2011 @06:45AM (#2147456)

It was most likely an automated "Happy New Years" message from her carrier.

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Re:Text message blows up suicide bomber by accident by zyb09 on Thursday January 27, 2011 @08:23AM (#2147681)

Just use an Android phone and set up Tasker to trigger on a special keyword in the SMS, not just any SMS.

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Re:Text message blows up suicide bomber by accident by chopsueyar on Thursday January 27, 2011 @09:34AM (#2147909)

Prepaid Android phone or have them sign a two-year contract?

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