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Havana Syndrome Device Purchased

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19 points by yalok 19 days ago · 11 comments

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spankibalt 19 days ago

Time to get Anduril & Associates churn out knock-offs for local "law" enforcement distribution, so they can help Mango Mussolini and Crew to Make America Great Again. "That's what I voted for!1!!"

bigbadfeline 18 days ago

> The device acquired by HSI produces pulsed radio waves, one of the sources said

"radio waves" are easily detected. The problems in Havana persisted for weeks and I can't believe the people affected didn't have the tech to detect mere "radio waves"... That story doesn't pass the sniff test.

ggm 19 days ago

If they haven't been scammed, there would have to be a belief the originating economy has countermeasures or some belief it can sustain across its use.

If they have been scammed, it wouldn't be the first time. Those carbomb detection broomstick handles come to mind.

  • recursivecaveat 19 days ago

    For those unfamiliar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadro_Tracker Though the later rename is the one that really took off internationally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651. Its really a stranger-than-fiction story, a used-car salesman sells to governments a dowsing rod that you can program to find anything by sticking a polaroid in. Pretty grim though when you consider all the people that died from bombings trusting these worthless things, and the money pocketed by corrupt buyers along the way. Only 12 years for the guy at the top too.

    • harambae 11 days ago

      There’s a recent podcast, I think it’s called “Explosive Lies”, covering this

    • mac3n 18 days ago

      What's great about such devices is that they can be interpreted by the operator, and lend a false air of authority to their judgement.

      There's a great opportunity for AI here.

NN88 19 days ago

https://sashaingber.substack.com/p/exclusive-us-has-been-tes...

thepotatodude 18 days ago

I think Havana Syndrome was caused by non-human technology. Whether they have reverse-engineered it or not is the question.

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