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> Often the security services routinely surreptitiously break into your house [...] This isn't uniformly true.* I would say the newness of being in an unfamil
by isaacimagine 5y ago
> Often the security services routinely surreptitiously break into your house [...]
This isn't uniformly true.*
I would say the newness of being in an unfamiliar place alone (e.g. 'the golden handcuffs') is enough to cause Havana-syndrome-like symptoms.
* source: sample size of 1, but: grew up in the foreign service, never once observed or heard this happening to my / other families.
- cheese_van 5y agoNo it's not. It's not rare in "criteria" countries however. And being tailed and followed is routine. It's something you grow to not care about.
- rendall 5y agoDo you think it's possible this "breaking in and rearranging your refrigerator contents" could be in your head?
- zenexer 5y agoThey mentioned in a separate comment that it was part of the briefings, so that seems unlikely: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28738326 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28738326
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- koheripbal 5y agoIt's routine in some major countries, like China.