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Do y'all remember the (likely fake, but widely reported) news about Israeli stingrays in DC a few months back, in September of this year? Whatever happened to t
by m0zg 7y ago
Do y'all remember the (likely fake, but widely reported) news about Israeli stingrays in DC a few months back, in September of this year? Whatever happened to that story? It was memory holed very quickly, which makes me suspicious that those weren't actually Israeli stingrays.
- redis_mlc 7y agoI've read news reports that half the "cell towers" in DC are suspicious. So it's not about one particular organization or foreign government doing shady stuff. So "likely fake" => "almost certainly true." FTFY.
- m0zg 7y agoSounds implausible to me. In their useful (active) mode these things emit. The FCC (not to mention the other TLAs) can easily track this shit down and shut it down. Except of course if those are NSA/FBI/CIA stingrays.
- ceejayoz 7y agoMake them mobile, use them for short, unpredictable periods. Or site them in embassies, where the FCC can impotently yell through the locked gate.
- gruez 7y ago>Or site them in embassies, where the FCC can impotently yell through the locked gate. Two can play at that game. The FCC can retaliate by setting up jammers with directional antennas pointing towards the embassy.
- sehugg 7y agoIt wasn't memory-holed: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/12/israel-white-house-spying-devices-1491351 https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/12/israel-white-house...