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As someone who has done some contracting work in this space, I'd say one of the use cases for this is shipping inspections at ports. Not everything the governm
by stonogo 6y ago
As someone who has done some contracting work in this space, I'd say one of the use cases for this is shipping inspections at ports. Not everything the government considers sensitive is the Jason Bourne black-ops stuff most of the comments here are fantasizing about.
Here's a couple overviews:
https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/nnsa-and-nuclear-smuggling-detection-and-deterrence https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/nnsa-and-nuclear-smuggling-detec...
https://www.epa.gov/radtown/radiation-and-shipping-port-security https://www.epa.gov/radtown/radiation-and-shipping-port-secu...
- danans 6y agoBut then why embed it in an iPod?
- stonogo 6y agoBecause it's likely the device your longshoreman foremen and customs inspectors are already using around this inventory. If you can embed radiation detectors in them and send sensor data off to central servers at the same time, why wouldn't you?
- closeparen 6y agoMy reading is that this was a one off or a very small batch, not a manufactured product.