Re: Russia; Dating sites and security cameras threaten national security

[Arthur Torrey]

Seems pretty obvious to me...  Security cameras obviously show what they see, 
potentially useful...

Dating sites - There is a long history of romance being used as a means of 
espionage...  Back in the WWII days there was the saying "Loose Lips Sink 
Ships" as a constant reminder to sailors not to talk about their activities w/ 
barmaids and so on...

A horny soldier on a dating site might leak all sorts of potentially useful 
info - what unit he's in?  "Sorry honey I'm leaving on maneuvers"?  and so 
on...  This could be both f his 'sweetheart' is legit but he's being monitored, 
or possibly easier if she is really a Ukrainian who can pump him for info by 
asking innocent sounding questions....  We all know guys that think w/ their 
balls instead of their brains, and you can't indoctrinate the balls with a need 
to keep their mouth shut...

ex-Gooserider

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Arthur Torrey - <arthur_torrey@comcast.net>
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>    1. Russia; Dating sites and security cameras threaten national
>       security (Akira Urushibata)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:36:47 +0900 (JST)
> From: Akira Urushibata <afu@wta.att.ne.jp>
> To: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
> Subject: Russia; Dating sites and security cameras threaten national
>       security
> Message-ID: <2024.08.22.10.36.47.247631278@afu.wta.att.ne.jp>
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> We have heard of the risks of PCs, mobile phones and "intellegent"
> household devices equipped with a combination of camera, microphone,
> internet link and non-free software being turned into surveillance
> devices which may bring unpleasant consequences to their unsuspecting
> owners.  The worst fears are suddenly becoming reality for the
> least-expected of men: Russians dealing with the recent Ukrainian
> incursion into Kursk Oblast.
> 
> Russian authorities are urging citizens in Kursk, Bryansk and Belogrod
> to avoid dating sites and turn off security cameras connected to the
> web.  They believe that Ukrainian agents are tapping into the Russian
> internet and collecting information which may help their activities in
> the region.
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