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BlackBerry works with Boeing on phone that self-destructs
REUTERS ^
| Dec 19, 2014
Posted on 12/22/2014 7:34:41 AM PST by McGruff
BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO) is working with Boeing Co (BA.N) on Boeing's high-security Android-based smartphone, the Canadian mobile technology company's chief executive said on Friday.
The Boeing Black phone being developed by the Chicago-based aerospace and defense contractor, which is best known for jetliners and fighter planes, can self-destruct if it is tampered with.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: blackberry; boeing; canada; researchinmotion
Define self-destruct.
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posted on
12/22/2014 7:34:41 AM PST
by
McGruff
To: McGruff
Define self-destruct. LOL!
It's called the Hamas/ISIS/ISIL model...
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posted on
12/22/2014 7:36:34 AM PST
by
publius911
(Formerly Publius6961)
To: McGruff
This the and Boeing in the news a few weeks ago building a package in a cessna for the marshals that turns into a fake cell tower? THAT Boeing?
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posted on
12/22/2014 7:38:43 AM PST
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: McGruff
It is hoped that one of these never self-destructs one of their aircraft in the process. That is all.
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posted on
12/22/2014 7:39:16 AM PST
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU.)
To: Migraine
They have some experience with batteries. Spinoff.
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posted on
12/22/2014 7:42:12 AM PST
by
battlecry
To: McGruff
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posted on
12/22/2014 7:43:23 AM PST
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: McGruff
Probably a good and a bad to this.
Suppose I'm a terrorist. How would this benefit my team??
To: Sacajaweau
Final text message: Your account has been TERMINATED.
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posted on
12/22/2014 7:54:16 AM PST
by
McGruff
(Ummm...)
To: Sacajaweau
Suppose I'm a terrorist. How would this benefit my team??It would save time and money.
You no longer have to build a detonator for your bomb. You can just pick it up at the local cellphone store. No assembly needed, ready to go out of the package.
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posted on
12/22/2014 8:00:10 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Migraine
It is hoped that one of these never self-destructs one of their aircraft in the process. That is all.Respect and admiration for the African Culture (OFAL) demands that it be installed first on Air Force One...
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posted on
12/22/2014 8:19:41 AM PST
by
publius911
(Formerly Publius6961)
To: bigbob
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posted on
12/22/2014 8:21:21 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: McGruff
“Define self-destruct. “
Dropping the phone?
To: McGruff
Police agencies will HATE this when they try to break into someone’s phone to delete video of police doing something wrong. It forces them to have to get a warrant before they access the phone and to me that’s a good step for liberty!
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posted on
12/22/2014 8:36:27 AM PST
by
MeganC
(It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
...and the jokes just write themselves...
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posted on
12/22/2014 8:41:03 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
To: McGruff
My wife’s iPhone has self-destructed several times. This is the only plausible explanation as she swears that she didn’t do anything.
To: McGruff
Hopefully not while it is on a Boeing.
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posted on
12/22/2014 9:48:09 AM PST
by
deadrock
(I am someone else.)
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