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Traded Russian “Spies”: the guy on “Get Smart” had better gear!
“Apparently their kit is mostly off-the-shelf: including laptops and flash memory cards. According to the FBI, two of the recently accused perps would meet at a coffee shop in Manhattan every Wednesday, where one would sit inside, while they other passed by in a van. When in range, they would connect over WiFi and transfer encrypted communications over their network. (The FBI was able to sniff this out using commercial software. Had they used ultra-wideband radio, however, the investigator’s task would probably have been all but impossible). It’s also believed that the spies used pre-paid cellphones to communicate. One such unit, purchased by Chapman, had the following listed for her address: 99 Fake Street.”
So glad these guys were caught—they were clearly high-end dangerous people using tech more advanced then… wait… No they weren’t!
It sounds to me like these guys were total jokes!
“99 Fake Street???”
So glad our tax dollars are being used to fight imaginary spies and keeping FBI agents busy while they wait for the next “terrorist” to get lucky.
Screencap source: http://i.engadget.com/2010/07/05/alleged-russian-spies-use-wifi-and-pre-paid-cellphones-get-caug/
Dude—when that Engadget piece calls their gear “off the shelf” I think it’s more like “off MY shelf.” After reading about this, doesn’t it just make you want to call up the Russian embassy and offer your services? If their idea of a spy are these low-tech losers, I think any number of us tech-heads would be overqualified for the job.
