British man appears in Spanish court over plane-bomb hoax

British man appears in Spanish court over plane-bomb hoax(bbc.co.uk)

5 points by kaimac 2 years ago | 3 comments

kaimac 2 years ago |

>The message, sent before Mr Verma departed Gatwick airport, read: "On my way to blow up the plane (I'm a member of the Taliban)."

>Mr Verma's message was picked up by the UK security services who flagged it to Spanish authorities while the easyJet plane was still in the air.

>A court in Madrid heard it was assumed the message triggered alarm bells after being picked up via Gatwick's Wi-Fi network.

I don't see what this has to do with Gatwick's wifi - presumably one of these agencies have their hooks in Snapchat somewhere, PRISM-style.

joemclo 2 years ago | |

Yer it's quite curious, the snapchat endpoint would be behind https surely. So nothing todo with the airport Wifi? The story assumes none of his friends reported him, which I guess could be plausible. Maybe snapchat has internal systems to raise the alarm?

manarth 2 years ago |

It's not clear what law would have been violated here.

> "A British man accused of public disorder"

Is it public disorder, if it's in a private chat, intercepted by members of the security services?