[HN Gopher] Secret military aircraft possibly exposed on TikTok ___________________________________________________________________ Secret military aircraft possibly exposed on TikTok Author : gumby Score : 12 points Date : 2021-09-28 22:30 UTC (29 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (warisboring.com) (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? | | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-09-28 23:00 UTC)