Re:The NSA Furby Documents
by duskwuff on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @02:07PM
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The Furby came out in 1998. Less than 50% of US homes even owned a computer at the time, let alone had Internet access (and that was usually dialup if they did). Cellular networks were largely voice-only and quite expensive. In short: even if Furbies had some way to record data (which they didn't), there would have been no practical way for them to exfiltrate it.
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Practicality has never been an issue for spies. Look at the lengths the Soviets went to for surveillance.
the craziest thing about this is:
> The Thing was designed by Soviet Russian inventor Leon Theremin,[7] best known for his invention of the theremin, an electronic musical instrument.
Huh. Makes sense actually, both are induction-at-distance audio devices.
Re:The NSA Furby Documents
by kube-system on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @02:32PM
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> there would have been no practical way for them to exfiltrate it.
Pick it up and carry it? It's not like analog tape recorders are permitted in these places either. All outside recording devices are banned. See the link in the now top-comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39107224