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'Al-Quida' Wi-Fi SSID Causes LAX Plane Delay
An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles International Airport to London was delayed over the weekend -- because one of the plane's passenger's freaked out over another user's Wi-Fi SSID. According to Los Angeles ABC affiliate ABC7, a passenger on the flight became alarmed after seeing another traveler's hotspot named "Al-Quida Free Terror Network." A flight attendant was alerted, and the plane was diverted and held three hours under "security threat" and ultimately delayed until the next day. "After further investigation, it was determined that no crime was committed and no further action will be taken," the airport said in a statement.

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tvoldtimer
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tvoldtimer

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Two Idiots

Idiot one: the person who thought it would be cute to identify his WiFi as "Al-Quida Free Terror Network".
Idiot two: the person who freaked out and actually thought that Al-Quida would travel while advertising who they were.
The other idiots are the ones who held the aircraft under a "security threat".
Ignorance gone to seed.

StuartMW
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StuartMW

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Presumably...

Presumably a "NSA We Suck It all" SSID wouldn't have aroused any attention at all.