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NSA dealt with cases of espionage via the introduction of simple electronics into secure areas decades before [1] [2], so awareness of the risk was likely wides
by gnfargbl 3y ago
NSA dealt with cases of espionage via the introduction of simple electronics into secure areas decades before [1] [2], so awareness of the risk was likely widespread.
The issue here seems to have been that in 1999, it was a relative novelty for random consumer devices to have a recording functionality. Hard to imagine now, but there we are.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)
[2] https://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/selectric/index.htm https://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/selectric/index.htm
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>in 1999, it was a relative novelty for random consumer devices to have a recording functionality. Hard to imagine now, but there we are. For added context, the plot of the movie Charlie's Angels from the year 2000, was about stopping an evil guy from using some evil software he developed to ... track people using their cellphones. (ㆆ _ ㆆ)
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- thaumasiotes 3y ago> For added context, the plot of the movie Charlie's Angels from the year 2000, was about stopping an evil guy from using some evil software he developed to ... track people using their cellphones. This makes me think we should have a big revival for that movie. On the other hand, essentially the same functionality in a more grandiose presentation was prominently featured in Batman Begins (2005) and the explicit message was "not even Batman should be able to do this".
- nickpeterson 3y agoI believe you’re thinking of the sequel, the dark knight, 2008
- thaumasiotes 3y agoYou appear to be correct.
- wil421 3y agoEnemy of the State came out in 1998. It was only post Snowden leaks that some of the tin-foil hat conspiracy stuff was confirmed.
- DaiPlusPlus 3y agoWelp I’m still waiting for my 360-degree camera tech…
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- HaZeust 3y agoJust bought a dash cam that does this for my Camaro - works wonders!
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoThat wasn't a 360 camera, that was the computer assuming what the other angles could look like, and you could do that now with ML.
- f1refly 3y agoWhich is, of course, completely ridiculous for us in the year 2024 where random consumer devices feed every bit of data they can conceive about their surroundings into semi legal data aggregators 24/7