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After having left watch collecting about 10 years ago. The bug recently bit again... ๐Ÿ™ˆ (feddit.nl)
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[โ€“] hackerwacker@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I hear those can get you put on the no fly list.

[โ€“] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can you elaborate?

[โ€“] SuitedUpDev@feddit.nl 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They were used by TSA to profile people, due to the fact that Al-Qiada used them to detonate bombs with.

See the Wikipedia article for the F-91W. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W

Edit: autocorrect.

[โ€“] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Thanks -very interesting.

[โ€“] SuitedUpDev@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago

Luckily I don't fly to the US ๐Ÿ˜‰