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		amelius on March 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hard disks can be turned into listening devices > Maybe you could even start to get some limited spatial information about the surroundings, Good point. I guess you could accurately triangulate the position of the hard drive using seismic reference data, in the case of an earthquake. Or you could make loud noises at different places in a city, and locate the hard drive that way.

burfog on March 8, 2019 | [–]

You make 2 or 3 passes with a supersonic aircraft to get the location, and then one more pass to drop a bomb.

In a more civilian context, you have a nice fireworks show and then send the SWAT team.

vardump on March 8, 2019 | [–]

I didn't mean that, but that's also an interesting idea.

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