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Re:OPSEC critique of the Michigan Governor kidnap plot by pjc50 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @08:30AM (#24738501)
The refusal to wear masks, which is a trivial form of "opsec" against infection, shows what happens.

It's boring, uncomfortable, unsexy, protects you against an outcome you think is low probability, and you don't find out if you're doing it right - only if you've done it wrong, by which time it's too late.

Besides, since these terrorists had no concrete grievance, only internet radicalization, they ended up doing more cosplay than effectiveness.

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Re:OPSEC critique of the Michigan Governor kidnap plot by tonyarkles on Saturday October 10, 2020 @01:07PM (#24740302)
A funny side note with that... there was a recent theft of $3000 worth of Crest Whitestrips in my city that got some news attention. It was 3x 40-50 year old white folks that did the theft; the woman distracted the clerk while the two men loaded up. All caught on camera. AND THEY DIDN’T WEAR MASKS.

They had every opportunity to cover up their faces in a completely socially acceptable way and didn’t. C’mon.

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Re:OPSEC critique of the Michigan Governor kidnap plot by enkid on Saturday October 10, 2020 @02:06PM (#24740686)
I guess the only people who need to whiten their teeth right now are anti-maskers.
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