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Subject:	Re: You call it risk, I call it threat, Let's call the whole thing off Dept. (was: Re: [Rumour] FBI and Mindstorms)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Tue, 31 Aug 1999 23:01:31 GMT
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Let's hope the FBI personnel have better things to do with their time while at work than to play with Furbys and RCX bricks. -Phil Jeff Jackowski wrote: > On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, John A. deVries II wrote: > > > At 03:42 PM 8/31/99 , STARRWARSS@aol.com wrote: > > > << Either the Furby in the USA is > > > different from mine or the FBI/NSA must be very silly to consider Furby > > > as a threat... >> > > > > > > I do believe they set the standard a while back for recording devices of any > > > kind. > > > > Actually, folks, the reason is deeper than that. Audio recording devices > > have been forbidden here at Los Alamos since forever (no doubt at those > > other places as well), but with the recent HUGE emphasis on security > > they've been looking at devices that communicate via IR. This includes not > > only palmtop computers (hey -- it might intercept a classified transmission > > going to an IR-enabled printer in the room you are sitting in) but such > > devices as IR-communicating watches! > > Sounds like they should just mandate that all sensitive information never > be transmitted via IR, and leave IR for data doesn't need to be secure. Or > maybe just ban data. That should fix the problem! > > Jeff Jackowski > http://ro.com/~jeffj/ > > -- > Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics

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		Re: You call it risk, I call it threat, Let's call the whole thing off Dept. (was: Re: [Rumour] FBI and Mindstorms)
(...) Here is the article from CNN dated 1999 January 13th: (URL) the time Furby was very popular, and people always like to bring small toys to work to put in their cubicle just for fun. There was also a common misunderstanding of the Furby's (...) (27 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: You call it risk, I call it threat, Let's call the whole thing off Dept. (was: Re: [Rumour] FBI and Mindstorms)
(...) at work (...) LOL --Tobias (27 years ago, 5-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: You call it risk, I call it threat, Let's call the whole thing off Dept. (was: Re: [Rumour] FBI and Mindstorms)
(...) Sounds like they should just mandate that all sensitive information never be transmitted via IR, and leave IR for data doesn't need to be secure. Or maybe just ban data. That should fix the problem! Jeff Jackowski (URL) you check the web site (...) (27 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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