Russia's secret doomsday radios,Trump's Twitter passwords STOLEN! - Page 1
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author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2020, 03:52:52 pm
content: This article was in Hackaday a few days ago. Its kind of scary that the control to the Russian's defense network (or US's for that matter!) could be so insecure as to let this happen.https://hackaday.com/2020/12/15/russian-doomsday-radios-go-missing/Here is another similar story.These two episodes may even be linked. Seems like the beginning of some spy movie!https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/dutch-prosecutors-say-donald-trumps-account-really-was-hacked-this-was-the-password-used-by-hacker-3195374.html(His 2016 password was "yourefired" and in 2020 it was "maga2020" Who would ever think of that one!)

author: Echo88
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2020, 03:58:10 pm
content: Yeah, a spy movie played by Leslie Nielsen with heavy orange tan and the password-scene from Spaceballs.

author: S. Petrukhin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2020, 10:36:03 am
content: In Russia, we have a website called Gosuslugi, where people can submit applications to state goverment.The section "Nuclear Capacity Management" is available to certain particularly important people.

author: madires
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timestamp: December 21, 2020, 12:27:58 pm
content: From time to time they also lose a nuclear weapon or two.

author: daqq
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timestamp: December 21, 2020, 12:43:10 pm
content: QuoteHave you tried looking behind the couch? 90% of the time I can't find something, it's there.

author: CJay
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timestamp: December 21, 2020, 12:47:57 pm
content: Quote from: cdev on December 20, 2020, 03:52:52 pmWell that's just fake news, he followed secure password rules and used MAGA2020!, totally different.His next one will be even more secure: Ivanka2024MAGA!

author: CJay
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timestamp: December 21, 2020, 12:49:32 pm
content: Quote from: Echo88 on December 20, 2020, 03:58:10 pm"That's amazing, I've got the same combination on my luggage"

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2020, 02:54:45 pm
content: Quote from: madires on December 21, 2020, 12:27:58 pmOh I'm quite sure you could order russian ICBM's on ebay or Tor. Maybe even on craigslist.With free, same day shipping. I mean the rocket has already fuel.

author: S. Petrukhin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2020, 06:22:39 pm
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on December 21, 2020, 02:54:45 pmI have books of the USSR how to make a rocket... Named:1. "Making a compact hydrogen bomb in the classroom"2. "Production of rocket engines on wood fuel"3. "The destruction of GB in a nuclear war"4. "How to control the universe without attracting the attention of orderlies."

author: vad
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timestamp: December 22, 2020, 03:35:14 am
content: Quote from: madires on December 21, 2020, 12:27:58 pmTrue, with sailors aboard.

author: vad
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timestamp: December 22, 2020, 03:38:21 am
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on December 21, 2020, 02:54:45 pmNot a chance, unless your name is Kim Jong Un.

author: vad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2020, 03:49:45 am
content: Quote from: cdev on December 20, 2020, 03:52:52 pmNo need to be scared. Most likely the equipment was stolen for scrap metal. If the plane was parked there for a bit longer, it could have easily lost an engine or two.

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2020, 11:50:22 pm
content: Quote from: vad on December 22, 2020, 03:38:21 amTrue, fuel probably stolen, used up to cook vodka.Btw, I dont think you can launch ICBMs from Trumps twitter account.Like, there isn't a special code in twitter, that you enter and then "bombs away".It's fun to see these -used to be world powers- to be the laughing stock of the world.

author: CJay
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timestamp: December 23, 2020, 08:16:56 am
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on December 22, 2020, 11:50:22 pmKind of, except they don't like being objects of ridicule and are both busy working on a scorched earth policy, Putin has just managed to sign into law a policy that gives him immunity from prosecution for crimes, past, present and future even when he's out of office, Trump is busy trying to poison the well, set fires in as many areas of the world as possible and deliberately undermine faith in democracy. Our own politicians in the UK seem to be only in it for the money now and appear to be making decisions based on the return on their investment funds.

author: S. Petrukhin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2020, 10:40:38 am
content: Quote from: CJay on December 23, 2020, 08:16:56 amI wonder if BBS told you the number of the law that Putin signed?The President of Russia has immunity under article 91 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. This Constitution was adopted in 1993. The first Constitution of Russia after the collapse of the USSR also contained this norm. However, so it is in many countries, as far as I know.By the way, Trump is the only US President in recent years who has not started a single war... Isn't that right?

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2020, 01:25:17 pm
content: Quote from: S. Petrukhin on December 23, 2020, 10:40:38 amImmunity while in office and for acts while in office, yes, but if the reports are to be believed Putin has made changes which mean he and his family have lifetime immunity from arrest, prosecution for acts before, during and after his presidency. He's also changed it so he can remain president until 2036 so it's unlikely to be necessary to rely on his lifetime' immunity'.Perhaps not as trustworthy as the BBC, but RT seems to feel it's true.https://www.rt.com/russia/510483-putin-law-immunity-presidents/Quote from: S. Petrukhin on December 23, 2020, 10:40:38 amSeems to be, yes. Perhaps the single noteworthy achievement of his term but he seems to be doing his best to leave a nascent war for Biden.

author: vad
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timestamp: December 23, 2020, 03:28:47 pm
content: Quote from: CJay on December 23, 2020, 01:25:17 pmIn other words, after leaving the President’s office, Putin can go and shoot people on streets, and he won’t be arrested and prosecuted for that.This does not mean he would, but the new law allows him to commit such crime unpunished.

author: vad
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timestamp: December 23, 2020, 03:48:37 pm
content: Quote from: S. Petrukhin on December 23, 2020, 10:40:38 amNo, I don’t know a single country where president or PM is immune for crimes committed before or after his/her term in the office.Former German President Wulff was prosecuted on corruption charges, That was for accepting 754 euros gift from a businessman - unimaginable “bribe” by Russian standards. Former French President Sarkozy is being prosecuted these days. And New York DA is getting ready to prosecute Trump for tax evasion as soon as his term in the Oval Office expires next month.

author: S. Petrukhin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2020, 09:03:42 pm
content: Quote from: CJay on December 23, 2020, 01:25:17 pmThe Constitution has only one line about the inviolability of the President. But the Constitution is not a procedural norm. All procedures for applying the norms of the Constitution are described by laws. Probably, there are some changes, I do not think that RT will fantasize about this.But I don't know about them, and I'm not really interested. Probably, other countries are more interested in this.I can tell you from the observation inside: Putin does have a lot of popular support, it's true. Even the obvious failures of his domestic policy do not affect, even harsh changes, for example, raising the retirement age did not reduce trust, although he promised never to raise the retirement age and cheated. Well, other things are already visible to everyone - a lot of chatter and promises that are not fulfilled.People probably understand and feel that there can't be a perfect system. Most of the people I talk to are unhappy with a lot of things, but they are willing to adapt to anything to ensure sustainability.I think we should not exaggerate the role of Putin's personality. Yes, he's a tough politician. But no one can decide everything on their own. It is a public voice for people with great influence and significant resources. I am sure that Putin's departure and the appearance of a new person will not make any serious changes. This is just a public show.In Russia, there are 2 wings of power. The liberals who broke up the country, reduced it to poverty, and seized liquid resources mainly to sell them. These people are ready to sell everything, they are interested in the country only as a commodity for sale. For some reason I don't understand, they didn't end up in prison, but stayed in goverment. And the second wing is a power unit. These people are not going to sell anything, they are interested in their own strong country. And they don't want anything taken away from them by force or extortion.In any case, ordinary people are the least interested in power and people will be squeezed as much as possible.

author: S. Petrukhin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2020, 09:08:02 pm
content: Quote from: vad on December 23, 2020, 03:28:47 pmStill, Presidents don't become outright jerks. Yes, we know in recent history leaders who have done terrible damage to humanity, but they did not commit ordinary domestic crimes. And, I may be wrong, but the law has a procedure for revoking immunity and bringing to justice.By the way, diplomats of all countries enjoy full immunity, even for murder, don't they?

author: S. Petrukhin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2020, 09:15:14 pm
content: Quote from: vad on December 23, 2020, 03:48:37 pmYes, and in Israel there was a story with the President. You reminded me, I agree. But how real are these discussions? Are they not reduced to a regular show?And as far as I know the American system, the President is not the only and supreme ruler. Your President's TV company can turn off the air. That is, you have an equal level of opposition forces. We have slightly different foundations, we have a more monarchical system, quite close to the Arab and Asian countries. You are cunningly deceived, and here people voluntarily give up power.

author: CJay
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timestamp: December 23, 2020, 09:17:45 pm
content: Quote from: S. Petrukhin on December 23, 2020, 09:08:02 pmSome of them are born that way.Quote from: S. Petrukhin on December 23, 2020, 09:08:02 pmThis is true, Putin's domestic crimes tend to be anything but ordinary, the number of his opponents who have 'fallen' out of windows or had poisonous underpants is really quite extraordinary.

author: asmi
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timestamp: December 23, 2020, 09:38:20 pm
content: Quote from: CJay on December 23, 2020, 09:17:45 pmDo you remember this guy:He is the reason of at least 1M deaths. Was he ever tried anywhere? Putin is an angel compared to an animal from the photo above and his cronies who covered him up for many years.

author: S. Petrukhin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2020, 10:51:35 pm
content: Quote from: CJay on December 23, 2020, 09:17:45 pmOh, you know, we have a lot of laughter on the russian internet about blue underpants and a call to an FSB officer who poisoned these underpants. We've never seen such a comedy before. Navalny is Putin's agent! Only a true professional can be such an idiot. Only a professional can assemble such a disgusting, vile team. He plays on Putin's side most of all, he causes disgust to any opposition, discredits everyone who is against Putin. People for any Putin will become a mountain, if only outright crooks do not seize power.The freak with the underpants does it!

author: vad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2020, 11:32:10 pm
content: Quote from: S. Petrukhin on December 23, 2020, 10:51:35 pmLet’s compare the “mountains”.Navalny’s last week’s video got 20M views:Putin’s last week’s press conference got 0.74M views:As for the crooks, you’ve got them already in power.

author: S. Petrukhin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2020, 01:45:34 am
content: Quote from: vad on December 23, 2020, 11:32:10 pmKindergarten... I hope you haven't forgotten Russian yet - watch and enjoy Navalny's videos.

author: BravoV
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timestamp: December 24, 2020, 05:56:53 am
content: Quote from: vad on December 23, 2020, 11:32:10 pmA living proof that Rusia FSB, or dead squad or Putin are such a lame duck when it comes to assassinate a person "in their country", let alone sending the dead squad abroad to do that job.Also this reminds me and made me wonder about the parties that are making so much noise about this, are they already forgot someone called "Jamal Khashoggi" ?

author: CJay
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timestamp: December 24, 2020, 08:12:03 am
content: Quote from: asmi on December 23, 2020, 09:38:20 pmRight, so one set of deaths excuse the crimes of another. Got it.

author: S. Petrukhin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2020, 08:17:19 am
content: Quote from: BravoV on December 24, 2020, 05:56:53 amI have already mentioned here about the BBC series "Secret missions". This is the state TV company of UK tells how, at the request of the UK authorities, the MI6 special service destroyed people in other countries. This is not hidden and even proud of it, this program was broadcast on the Discovery channel. Yes, perhaps they were destroying nasty people. But doing this without a trial, without a prison sentence, demonstrates double standards and we do not trust: now their actions - they can lie and lie often.. Probably, in their experience, the UK government is trying to come up with something for other countries - very stupid and ridiculous.They even realized how they are trolled bye "spires of the tower".

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2020, 08:33:24 am
content: Quote from: S. Petrukhin on December 24, 2020, 08:17:19 amNot at all surprised that our government does illegal things and sanctions illegal things to be done on their behalf, what I'm *really* surprised about is your constant denial that your government does the same and your attempts to portray your president and country as some kind of benevolent world saviour.One of us is a victim or an agent of propaganda and I'm cynical enough to not trust any government is innocent.

author: Halcyon
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timestamp: December 24, 2020, 08:42:03 am
content: All governments act in a way that suits themselves and in some cases that activity might be illegal or at least questionable. I can see this thread getting out of control...

author: nuclearcat
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timestamp: December 24, 2020, 08:49:01 am
content: Quote from: vad on December 23, 2020, 11:32:10 pmComing soon in thecinemasyoutube near you...

author: S. Petrukhin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2020, 08:54:06 am
content: Quote from: Halcyon on December 24, 2020, 08:42:03 amAs all of our lives

author: Halcyon
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timestamp: December 24, 2020, 08:55:12 am
content: Quote from: S. Petrukhin on December 24, 2020, 08:54:06 amOnly if you live outside of Australia ;-)

author: S. Petrukhin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2020, 09:39:45 am
content: Quote from: Halcyon on December 24, 2020, 08:55:12 amYes-yes, we have seen discussions and friendly conversations about relations with China.

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2020, 11:46:08 am
content: It's all about greed for money, control and power while the common people have to suffer.Back to business. There's a story of a "lost" hi-tech defensive weapons system in Germany. That project failed and the system was decommissioned quite early. Some time after that a scrap dealer in Aachen started to sell unknown electronics which looked very military. Guess where that stuff came from.

author: S. Petrukhin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2020, 12:33:15 pm
content: Quote from: madires on December 24, 2020, 11:46:08 amFrom Soviet planes or tanks?

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2020, 01:05:24 pm
content: IIRC, it was a US related weapons system,

author: CJay
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timestamp: December 24, 2020, 01:25:27 pm
content: Quote from: madires on December 24, 2020, 01:05:24 pmWouldn't be a surprise, years ago a surplus electronics place called Bull Electrical were advertising laser optics assemblies, long before 5W laser diodes were easily available, they got visited by 'gentlemen' from some unnamed department of the MOD as they weren't supposed to have been surplussed out.I seem to remember they were part of a tank or mobile gun targeting system that was still in active service and "sensitive"

author: asmi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2020, 01:27:54 pm
content: Quote from: CJay on December 24, 2020, 08:12:03 amNo it doesn't, but it shows just how pathetic these accusations sound when coming from citizens of a country which routinely kills more people that the rest of the world combined.

author: Simon
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timestamp: December 24, 2020, 01:31:08 pm
content: Quote from: CJay on December 24, 2020, 01:25:27 pmFunny you should say that, my employers spotted some of their kit on ebay that is in current use so why it's on a surplus sale is a bit of a mystery.

author: vad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2020, 02:58:35 pm
content: Quote from: BravoV on December 24, 2020, 05:56:53 amRussia’s KGB (known as FSB these days) is indeed a joke. They couldn’t even hide 400kg of cocaine in their own embassy, and had to summon KGB boss Nik Patrushev for rescue, to smuggle the cocaine to Russia on KGB’s plane.https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/gang-tried-to-smuggle-cocaine-via-russian-embassy-20180224-p4z1ke.html

author: nuclearcat
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timestamp: December 24, 2020, 04:21:35 pm
content: Quote from: vad on December 24, 2020, 02:58:35 pmSorry, but you are heavily going to offtopic(barely relevant to topic) and spreading here typical "russian liberal" propaganda lies. And those lies are very dumb, have you even read the article you posted?Patrushev was involed in plot to _capture_ smugglers. This plane transported flour, and got those who was receiving package.P.S. It happens sometimes when embassy employees of different countries involved in various smuggling incidents, abusing diplomatic immunity.

author: Simon
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timestamp: December 24, 2020, 04:23:07 pm
content: Don't worry, the thread will soon be locked.

author: vad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2020, 05:45:57 pm
content: Quote from: nuclearcat on December 24, 2020, 04:21:35 pmLol. No one else could have planted the transponders and brought suitcases, but the head of KGB himself. What happened to once powerful organization, if the chief has to do the field operative’s job?So now we finally know the reason why Navalny’s assassination attempt fail. Patrushev did not personally apply Novickok on underpants. Nik was probably too busy sniffing previous shipments of the “flour”.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 24, 2020, 06:11:01 pm
content: I can't be arsed to be sorting this crap out on Christmas Day!