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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by sho on Saturday July 13, 2024 @12:14AM (#40951718)
Yeah. I'm still not sure how to parse the GP's comment, "it created an attack vector of one". On its face, that sounds like a good thing, less attack vectors!

I mean, not like sourcing materials locally alleviates things. Apparently the US embassy in Moscow was discovered to have listening devices mixed in the concrete used to construct it...

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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by snypher on Saturday July 13, 2024 @02:17AM (#40952202)
The person who was bugged, brought the bug into the embassy via the bag. Probably some generic item was modified to contain the spy gear and then supplied to the person. I don't think the person brought it into the secure area intentionally.
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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by samus on Saturday July 13, 2024 @03:52AM (#40952533)
> I mean, not like sourcing materials locally alleviates things. Apparently the US embassy in Moscow was discovered to have listening devices mixed in the concrete used to construct it...

I think this was the main reason why they shipped construction materials in. And then it makes sense to use containers that are tamper-resistant enough to be able to trust its contents.

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