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Presumably they would unplug the dongle at the end of the flight while they retrieve their overhead luggage
by upwardbound 4y ago
Presumably they would unplug the dongle at the end of the flight while they retrieve their overhead luggage
- bb88 4y agoOr just program them to not do anything until an hour into the next flight.
- nkingsy 4y agoBut then it gets found
- Scoundreller 4y agoOr… Nevermind, I’m not here to help people with this kind of thing!
- babelfish 4y agoAssuming it’s one person with the dongle responsible for all 3-4 instances of this - it would be pretty easy for AA to figure out who’s doing it if this is the case, just check if there’s a common passenger on every flight where the issue was reported
- _zzaw 4y agoThat, or a particular employee—maintenance or grounds crew—who serviced those planes. Seems like whoever's doing this knows those systems unusually well, given that their own personnel don't know how it's done.
- pxmpxm 4y agoReally good point there - the overlap of multiple people on all those flights would be very unlikely.
- noduerme 4y agoWhat's it jacked into, though? There are some amazingly flat card skimmers out there these days, and even cameras to place on ATMs that are disguised as panels. It could be something with a 1/8" form factor that just looks like part of the interior of the bin. For that matter, it could be a whole modified bin installed by a disgruntled employee.
- thakoppno 4y agoThat’s what I’m thinking too. If there are ports in the bins it would be easy to do some test runs just getting something out of your bag.