Smart phones, unknown destination

We haven't begun to understand how our lives will change after Israel's attack on Hezbollah, killing scores and injuring thousands of the organization's members in their homes, offices and cars in Lebanon last month.

When, 23 years ago, Al Qaeda terrorists turned passenger jets into deadly missiles, the security measures at airports and elsewhere became infinitely stricter, and they keep getting stricter. Now, turning low-tech pagers and walkie-talkies into explosive devices through a single signal leads us to a new level of dangers, insecurity and paranoia. If low-tech objects can be weaponized in this way, it is certain that "smart phones," computers, tablets and other electronic features of ourselves lend themselves to even more sophisticated operations. We will be exposed to ever greater dangers and obliged to accept ever more strict and intrusive security measures. 

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