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Re:Surveillance Company Claims It Can Track Nearly Any Car i... by samstave on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @07:20PM (#26498016)
I used to have this neighbor who worked at Loral. Designing spy sats...

We used to have this "language" whereby I would ask him a question while he washed his car.

If he washed left (wax on) it was 'yes' - if washed right 'wax off' it was 'no'

So I would ask him all sorts of questions about the capabilities of the spy sats loral was building and through that simple interaction, was able to learn a lot about sats...

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I have never uttered this story before.

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Re:Surveillance Company Claims It Can Track Nearly Any Car i... by throwitaway12 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @07:34PM (#26498121)
It sounds like you have grown much and now are one the good guys. Job well done.

Did he tell you anything juicy?

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Re:Surveillance Company Claims It Can Track Nearly Any Car i... by Arrath on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @07:30PM (#26498089)
Clever. And I bet you learned a lot more about those than you ever imagined.
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