LAST week, if I had told you that it was possible to make everyone’s iPhone explode at the same time, you would have thought I was crazy. But now?
I still can’t think of a man who not only has the idea to blow up people’s pagers and walkie-talkies. But then he goes ahead and actually does it.
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Pagers explode across Lebanon in chilling glimpse of where modern warfare could goCredit: TELEGRAM/UNPIXS
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Exploding walkie-talkies followed, leaving many in fear of what else could be hackedCredit: X/Rulaelhalabi
The plan to blow up Hezbollah’s technology was horrifying, but also very clever
He is clearly depraved and should be in prison. But he is also extremely smart.
And now he got us all thinking: what’s next?
We’re told the next generation of modern weapons will be hypersonic drones and robot dogs that have machine guns instead of faces. And it all seems very fascinating.
But in light of what happened in Lebanon, will such technology be needed?
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At the moment, defense contractors, US tech giants, banks and governments are investing huge amounts of time and money to ensure that their systems cannot be hacked.
But do you have diabetes? And if so, do you have one of those pumps that electronically release insulin when needed?
Convenient, I’m sure. But I was talking to a cyber security guy in Seattle once and he said all he needed was a laptop and an antenna to completely screw it up. And do you some serious damage.
And it gets worse. “Can you hack a car,” I asked.
“I wouldn’t even need an antenna for that,” he replied.
Almost all cars manufactured in the last five or ten years can receive weather and traffic information from space.
Israeli bombing sparks global security fears as airlines ban pagers
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Buzzer blasts wreaked havoc across Lebanon when they went off simultaneously Credit: X
And apparently it’s not hard to re-engage in this signal, which means someone can get into your car’s electronic brain.
And once inside, they can wreak havoc. They could turn up the radio to full volume or the heater to maximum.
That would be embarrassing. But even worse, in a modern car there is no physical connection between the throttle and the engine. Everything is done electronically.
Which means someone sitting in a room thousands of miles away can decide how fast you need to go.
You can enter the tank if you want — but the enemy will simply drive it into the sea
And don’t bother thinking that you could just turn off the engine because that is done electronically too.
So he could prevent you from doing that as well.
This is not science fiction. Boffins have already done this.
This means that in theory Putin could take control of Sir Starmer’s car and ram it into a tree at 150km/h. All without leaving the Kremlin.
Certainly, if I were in Hezbollah, I wouldn’t be driving a car anytime soon because you can bet your bottom dollar Mossad is working on ways to make sure your trip won’t be all that comfortable.
So I think this is where modern warfare is going.
You can enter the tank if you want — but the enemy will simply drive it into the sea.
Keir takes over VIP
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Keir Starmer says he has to watch Arsenal from a private box for security reasons. Credit: EPA
In the truly socialist world that Sir Starmer dreamed of all his life, there would be no posh director’s box at Arsenal.
All the supporters, including Corbyn and Morgan, would be out in the cold, in the stands with everyone else. Because all animals are equal.
But some, as we know, are more equal than others. And as a result, our illustrious leader says he must be in a warm room, with nice sandwiches.
He claims that it would be too difficult for his security team to operate in the stands.
Yes, Napoleon – but let’s not forget that while Snowball Sunak was running the show, his beloved Southampton was watching from the stands.
His security guys seemed to have succeeded.
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Running a pub has its challenges, with requests to bar people from as far away as DorsetCredit: Adrian Sherratt
THREE weeks AGO I put a list on my new pub’s notice board that Sir Starmer and James May were banned.
I have now received an email from a young lady in Dorset saying that her boyfriend has been cheating on her and she wants a ban on him too.
I’d love to help, of course, but someone stole the list. Along with all the light bulbs from the men’s room and most of the glasses.
SO our amazing new Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, decided this week that a bisexual pride flag should be flown outside his office to mark Bisexuality Awareness Week.
I’m not sure it was entirely necessary though, as anyone with access to the internet is already aware that bisexuality is a thing.
Perhaps it would have been better, given that the week started on 16th September, to have flown the flag at the height of the Battle of Britain to commemorate the 84th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
Or would that be racist in some way?
What’s wrong with a few ohms of truth?
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I don’t like electric cars and I shouldn’t change my opinion because others disagree Credit: Getty
I said in the last Grand Tour that one of the reasons I’m going to stop doing motoring shows is that I don’t like electric cars.
You will note that this was a personal opinion. “I” don’t like them. But, God, the eco-lefties have gone mad.
They said I was talking nonsense and that I would kill everyone’s children. And to die as soon as possible.
And I couldn’t help but think, when did it become illegal to have an opinion?
I don’t even like marzipan. Does that mean I have to be subjected to a barrage of vitriol from those who do? And killed?
What happened to the days when you could disagree with someone without wanting to kill them?
The council is barking mad
SO let me see if I understood correctly.
At a Zoom meeting of Cambridgeshire County BLT+ enthusiasts, a man appeared on screen with his dog in a dress.
Apparently he was making some sort of point about being transgender, which caused the lesbian on the call to become so upset that the council formally disciplined her.
She thought it was unfair. The court agreed. And now she has claimed nearly £60,000 in damages and costs.
Remember that, people of Cambridgeshire, the next time you drive into a pothole.
The council could not afford to fix it because they felt that a lesbian should not comment on a dog in a dress.
Talk about your art
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A life-size bronze statue of Sir Frank Whittle would be better than Sadiq Khan’s recommendations Credit: Getty – Contributor
WHEN cars were banned from London’s Oxford Street in 1972, people assumed it would become full of ground-nesting birds and happy people drinking coffee in pavement cafes.
Ha. It’s not. It became congested with buses, which were not banned.
The fog of diesel smoke was so thick that pedestrians could not see where the shops were. It was hell.
And recent data shows that the crowd was so great that the average speed of the buses was only 5.1 km/h.
So, unlike everyone else, I welcome Sadiq Khan’s plan to ban all traffic on a large section of the street.
My only concern is that he plans to put up various art in various places.
Because I suspect that his idea of what art is and mine are very different.
Just look at that transgender tribute they put up in Trafalgar Square to see what I’m talking about.
Why couldn’t they commission a life-size bronze statue of Sir Frank Whittle, the inventor of the jet engine.
He’s someone Britain can be proud of and, best of all, he was only 5ft tall, so you wouldn’t need much bronze.
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