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A comment on NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf].

Re:NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf] by rootw0rm on Sunday June 03, 2018 @08:12PM (#17223354)
what on earth is with the black telephone hanging by a noose? some of these are pretty interesting.
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Re:NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf] by user982 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @09:01PM (#17223627)
"Hang up the phone."
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Re:NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf] by madaxe_again on Monday June 04, 2018 @10:33AM (#17228080)
Spot the person who spent their childhood watching https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catchphrase_(UK_game_show)
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Re:NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf] by CapitalistCartr on Sunday June 03, 2018 @08:40PM (#17223507)
That's the normal phone everyone used. Today, it would be a mobile. And talking about classified info, or even unclassified, but related stuff, was tantamount to sending out a broadcast
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Re:NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf] by momzer on Sunday June 03, 2018 @08:35PM (#17223472)
Something along the lines of "careful what you say over unsecured phone lines, as it may come back and hang you".
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