FlySafair sends about 900 000 SMS messages every month to passengers and crew. (Image: BulkSMS)
EXCLUSIVE: While Big Tech pushes AI and complex apps, a MAJOR airline is secretly tracking and controlling passengers using a SHOCKINGLY primitive system. FlySafair admits to sending a STAGGERING 900,000 SMS messages monthly, a digital leash that reveals a chilling truth about modern air travel: YOU are not a customer, you are a data point on a remote server, managed by automated texts.
This is NOT about “customer service.” This is about CONTROL. By forcing the reliance on a “universal” technology like SMS, airlines create a surveillance funnel. Every booking confirmation, gate change, and baggage alert is a ping to YOUR device, proving they own your journey from start to finish. The “seamless API integration” touted by their provider, BulkSMS.com, is a euphemism for a fully automated, human-free management system that treats passengers like cargo needing routing instructions.
“Reliability equals reputation,” they boast. But at what cost? This relentless, automated communication is a psychological operation designed to manufacture compliance. Delays and cancellations are softened by a calming text, conditioning travelers to accept disruption without question. It’s a masterclass in BEHAVIORAL PACIFICATION.
The most terrifying part? They’re proud of this. They celebrate sending 32,000 messages a day, revealing a dystopian reality where your freedom of movement is mediated by a flood of robotic texts. Your phone isn’t a tool—it’s your airline-issued collar. This isn’t communication; it’s the gentle hand of a digital prison, and you clicked “I AGREE” to the terms.
Edited for Kayitsi.com



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