Just because your furby at home only records/responds to loud noise doesn't mean that some enterprising foe w/ a schematic and a soldering iron couldn't make it do otherwise.
Just strip osme of the actuators out and replace/alter the meter on the sound and you've a cute inoccuos little bugging device.
As far as the repsonse to this security alert, cmon' wouldn't you prefer your agents to be as paranoid as possible? (if ya gotta have them, (not going into that:> ) let's at least have them concerned.)
I think it was the combination of the "cuteness" factor and the opportunity to make the NSA look a little silly that prompted this story, 'can we say fluff piece?'
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Just because your furby at home only records/responds to loud noise doesn't mean that some enterprising foe w/ a schematic and a soldering iron couldn't make it do otherwise.
:> ) let's at least have them concerned.)
Just strip osme of the actuators out and replace/alter the meter on the sound and you've a cute inoccuos little bugging device.
As far as the repsonse to this security alert, cmon' wouldn't you prefer your agents to be as paranoid as possible? (if ya gotta have them, (not going into that
I think it was the combination of the "cuteness" factor and the opportunity to make the NSA look a little silly that prompted this story, 'can we say fluff piece?'
~Grell