• mech@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    If I was trying to gather US trade secrets, I’d have a few spies on payroll just hanging around airport bars listening in on phone calls.

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      A few years ago I was sitting across from a guy at an airport and he was loudly buying skis for his son. Not only did I clearly hear the whole story of how his son just made the ski team and needed skis ASAP, I also heard his full credit card information.