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Utility Box Exposed As Spy Cabinet In the Netherlands

Posted by timothy on from the all-an-elaborate-dream dept.

First time accepted submitter thejezus writes "A spy cabinet has been exposed on a public road in The Hague, the Netherlands (Google translate here). The cabinet was disguised as telecom-cabinet and was detected by the maintenance crew of Ziggo (a triple-play provider) because it was not listed as a property of the company. Upon opening, it was revealed the cabinet contained a camera and UMTS equipment. Later that day, the cabinet disappeared. 1984 much?"

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  1. Re:I could be wrong but.... by guttentag · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does a spy camera on the side of the road really justify comparisons to 1984??

    Novel
    No, it would have to be in your living room. 1984-esque technology in a public place would consist of a video screen at which you hurl things and scream.

    Year
    Even in 1985, Dr. Emmett Brown, who was sufficiently advanced to build a time machine out of a DeLorean, had to hire some slacker kid to shoulder his ginormous video camera. If he didn't have the technology to build a self-supporting camera in 1985, it certainly wouldn't have been available in 1984.

    So no on both counts.

  2. Re:Weird by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    This "Schilderswijk" where the cabinet was discovered is a notorious low-income suburb.

    It's settled, then. Someone pinched the stuff and sold it to make a bit of money on the side. Has the spy agency tried scouring the local pawn shops?

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  3. Re:I could be wrong but.... by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can see a cell tower. I'm pretty sure that . *(U()*U$Ejhhjjhkljhsdf ws is monito89984ryu5 but I'm not worr*()*43jknlkjdbzzzt.

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  4. Re:I could be wrong but.... by Darinbob · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's only because the plutonium necessary to power the miniaturized camera required a lot of shielding.

  5. I could be wrong but....prenumbers. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone should write some books to address this issue. Title them, 1980,1981,1982,1983...