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Re:Lockheed is now tracking phones and walkie-talkies from s... by asdff on Saturday November 18, 2023 @03:41PM (#38324147)
Its been that way since probably the 1960s and has yet to materially impact your life I imagine.
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Re:Lockheed is now tracking phones and walkie-talkies from s... by zlg_codes on Saturday November 18, 2023 @03:52PM (#38324276)
Bold claims require bold backing.

It's also in the country's favor to overclaim their capabilities.

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Re:Lockheed is now tracking phones and walkie-talkies from s... by sneak on Saturday November 18, 2023 @04:02PM (#38324394)
It may have materially impacted many people’s lives by allowing western governments the required intel to sabotage WMD programs of governments who believe in first strike attacks.

I am generally pro-situational-awareness of things in public spaces.

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Re:Lockheed is now tracking phones and walkie-talkies from s... by arcticbull on Saturday November 18, 2023 @10:21PM (#38328376)
Fair point, its hard to quantify the number of events that didn't happen because of intervention.
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Re:Lockheed is now tracking phones and walkie-talkies from s... by protomolecule on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:31AM (#38332064)
"who believe in first strike attacks"

Which don't exist.

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Re:Lockheed is now tracking phones and walkie-talkies from s... by huijzer on Saturday November 18, 2023 @04:20PM (#38324581)
In the 1960s, high resolution images were definitely possible (and taken daily from Russian territories), but only when the plane was overhead.
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