[HN Gopher] Secret military aircraft possibly exposed on TikTok
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       Secret military aircraft possibly exposed on TikTok
        
       Author : gumby
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2021-09-28 22:30 UTC (29 minutes ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (warisboring.com)
        
       | tablespoon wrote:
       | The area where the video was taken looks like it was from a
       | construction site (trenches, rebar, and 2x4s visible). Was it
       | taken by a contractor that was part of a crew pouring concrete
       | and saw something cool?
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       | Also, given it was out in the open in broad daylight, I'm
       | assuming a spy satellite could have gotten a picture.
       | 
       | I wonder if one way to deal with this is just make a lot of
       | pausable cool-looking decoys.
        
         | tw04 wrote:
         | I may be underestimating our adversaries but I'd imagine we
         | know exactly where all of their satellites are at all times and
         | could just wait to pull it out until a window of clear skies (I
         | don't think they have 24/7 coverage of the entire United
         | States)
         | 
         | There are already restrictions on our civilian satellites
         | taking high res pictures of our military installations.
        
       | Barrin92 wrote:
       | it's kind of funny how concerned people are about secrecy and
       | data storage when people just pull out their phones and put that
       | stuff out in the open. Reminds me of the military base that was
       | exposed through strava heatmap data a few years ago. One really
       | has to wonder how far OSINT can go.
       | 
       | https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42853072
        
       | fidesomnes wrote:
       | oh so tiktok viral clickbait is a new cool thing now. so cool.
        
       | s1artibartfast wrote:
       | Looks like an X-47 to me.
       | 
       | On a side note, somebody just got fired.
        
       | literallyaduck wrote:
       | It would be funny for a game company to do something like this
       | and fill a fiberglass shell of a plane with free trial BlueRays
       | of their new flight Sim. Someone would be really miffed after
       | they stole what they thought to be a billion dollar plane.
        
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