[HN Gopher] 'Havana syndrome ' and the mystery of the microwaves
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'Havana syndrome ' and the mystery of the microwaves
Author : tim333
Score : 20 points
Date : 2021-09-09 12:08 UTC (10 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.bbc.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.bbc.com)
| tim333 wrote:
| >high levels of radiation were recorded by family members of
| personnel in Guangzhou using commercially available equipment.
| "The needle went off the top of the available readings." But she
| says the State Department told its own employees that the
| measurements they had taken off their own back were classified.
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| Some updates on it all.
| sschueller wrote:
| Since this seems to be occurring only on US territories I think
| it may actually be some US installed device from some defence
| contractor that is "malfunctioning". Maybe some device to find
| listening devices or a device to block eavesdropping? More
| expensive wifi setups can aggressive suppress "rouge" access
| points. A stingray is probably also not very healthy to be
| around as it has to overpower any cell tower near by.
| crowtoe76 wrote:
| "Mal-function" might well be the intention. Just some
| classified experimental technology. Defense is just a
| euphemism after all.
| tim333 wrote:
| I'm inclined to think its the Russians deliberately messing
| with US intelligence and the like. I'm surprised the US isn't
| more actively countering it. Like they should install more
| measuring equipment and try to find the source instead of
| covering things up.
| adamrezich wrote:
| what basis do you have for this specific allegation?
| MR4D wrote:
| Maybe the US is. Perhaps they already know, and are working
| on a big counter-offensive, but waiting for the right time
| to deploy it.
|
| When you're this deep into national security, it is best to
| assume the story you are hearing is a lie, most likely of
| omission.
|
| Note that I'm not saying this is the case, but likely there
| is much we do not know. If you're interested in this, I'd
| recommend two things - the first is a book [0] written by a
| practitioner in the field of counterintelligence; the
| second, a rather violent, but extremely provoking movie [1]
|
| [0] - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1626166803
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| [1] - https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4560436/
| type0 wrote:
| Here's how it should be done by the pros:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz7CI-Cyk2s
|
| Only joking off course, but how portable could this sort of
| equipment actually be?
| stefantalpalaru wrote:
| "The report said the diplomats' illnesses coincided with
| increased fumigation in and around residences where they lived.
| One of the authors of the study, the professor Alon Friedman,
| clarified in an email to Reuters that both Canadian and Cuban
| authorities were fumigating." -
| https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/19/havana-syndrom...
| egfx wrote:
| I've found it curious that the embassy in Havana is surrounded by
| a tall iron fence with thick iron studs every meter. Is it
| conceivable that sounds like cricket sounds can be reverberating
| off of this fence and accentuating the sound waves?
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