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Re:Dozens of Hezbollah members said to be seriously injured ... by zhengyi13 on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @03:27PM (#41571671)
Pagers don't have GPS devices embedded in them.

Apps (some more or less than others) represent a target for a nation state to pursue for information, graph analysis, bugging, etc.

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Re:Dozens of Hezbollah members said to be seriously injured ... by netsharc on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @05:56PM (#41573276)
Even dumb phones can be tracked by antenna triangulation, and I wouldn't be surprised if Israeli hackers are inside Lebanese phone networks...
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Re:Dozens of Hezbollah members said to be seriously injured ... by roywiggins on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @05:59PM (#41573305)
Even a dumbphone with the GPS physically removed is going to be a lot easier to target than a one-way pager, since they are always chatting with the cell towers.
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Re:Dozens of Hezbollah members said to be seriously injured ... by jameshart on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @06:34PM (#41573599)
Pagers don’t have GPS devices embedded in them - that you know of.

If you can’t control your supply chain then that isn’t guaranteed.

After all, most pagers don’t contain explosive charges either.

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Re:Dozens of Hezbollah members said to be seriously injured ... by gsich on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @08:14PM (#41574284)
GPS is receive only.
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