Post ASO5FVJODUshcIIu6S by billjanssen@writing.exchange
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(DIR) Post #ASNYOFQVLlNgT6C3yC by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-05T19:24:56Z
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I mean, we tap each others' undersea comm cables with submarines, have fleets of satellites staring at other 24/7, have human assets infiltrating each other, and people are seriously considered about a friggin' balloon?
(DIR) Post #ASNYXtzFusV2s33G9w by byterhymer@mastodon.social
2023-02-05T19:26:38Z
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@lauren I'm guessing auto "correct" turned "concerned" into "considered"?
(DIR) Post #ASNYiZX8IpLwcWz9EW by cowman@nfld.me
2023-02-05T19:28:19Z
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@lauren no kidding. Bit high - but still potential for signals though, so can't really discount it. On the face of it though, the chances a weather balloon is being used for weather seems pretty decent. Time will tell.
(DIR) Post #ASNYlOOKBXHyvtD5Ie by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-05T19:28:37Z
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@mawhrin That was something genuinely new. So some concern was warranted.
(DIR) Post #ASNZqYPiRuZtQ1szZo by SteveLemson@mindly.social
2023-02-05T19:41:15Z
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@lauren It’s theater.
(DIR) Post #ASNZzkiu3IbsCbFMcS by ipd@universeodon.com
2023-02-05T19:42:48Z
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@lauren What is the media not reporting on while they all point up at the sky and tell us what is obvious.?.
(DIR) Post #ASNaewiANxYxFuXq3U by bobo_of_id@mastodon.social
2023-02-05T19:50:22Z
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@lauren it is so much ado about nothing
(DIR) Post #ASNajaViM4j7qgvxdA by three_star_dave@mstdn.social
2023-02-05T19:51:08Z
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@lauren I have to wonder if part of the visceral fury is sort of lizard brain "they're marking my territory" / "they're violating my tender, innocent nation" kind of thing. Plenty of performative outrage there, sure, but also an emotional knee jerk reaction that defies rational analysis.
(DIR) Post #ASNbOvvBeeza7tYzfU by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-05T19:58:42Z
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@three_star_dave Yes. Because the balloon was easy to see, while most surveillance is invisible.
(DIR) Post #ASNhdLjX5B5txaMyhs by Pablo@pnw.zone
2023-02-05T21:08:29Z
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@laurenit’s a SCARY balloon
(DIR) Post #ASO5FVJODUshcIIu6S by billjanssen@writing.exchange
2023-02-06T01:33:07Z
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@lauren I'm not sure if I'm comforted or worried by the obvious fact that the news media have nothing better to obsess about.
(DIR) Post #ASOdrfaVr5gqvvgRQe by amuse@infosec.exchange
2023-02-06T08:00:55Z
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@lauren Inside the balloon is a SD card, presumptively holding the juicy secret intelligence they were gathering. But actually, it's a container-escape rootkit. The analyst gets owned. Lateral movement happens. Eventually, they get the intelligence they REALLY wanted... access to a big ol' forensic database.It's the world's highest profile "Found USB stick" gambit.