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⚙️ Gadget Gear🕒 2mo ago · ⏱ 3 min

Whoa! Fake Internet on a Plane? A Tricky Tech Tale!

Imagine you're flying high, trying to watch your favorite show, but suddenly... your internet is a big trick! What happened?

Picture this: you're on an airplane, soaring through the clouds, and you want to connect to the internet, right? Well, at a big tech conference called DEF CON (it's like a super-smart club for computer whizzes!), some folks were on a Delta flight.

Someone on that plane might have set up a pretend internet hotspot. It looked like the real airplane Wi-Fi, but it wasn't! It was like a sneaky trap. If you connected to it, someone else could see what you were doing online, or even try to get your secret info.

The FBI, who are like super-detectives for big crimes, is now looking into what happened. They want to know who did it and why. Luckily, it seems no one's sensitive information was stolen, but it's a big reminder to be super careful when you connect to public internet!

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Based on reporting by Ars Technica.