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Former soldier searched Google, Reddit for spying tips, prosecutors say — Investigators say they found a document on the man's computer titled: “Important Information to Share with Chinese Governme...::A document titled “Important Information to Share with Chinese Government" was allegedly found on the former soldier's computer.

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[-] panja@lemmy.world 117 points 1 year ago

“Important Information to Share with Chinese Government"

I'm not a conspiracy person but does this not reek of a setup? 😂 Like surely someone spying for the chinese government wouldn't just title a document that...

[-] vector_zero@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago

You'd be surprised how inept some people can be. Back when I worked in defense, we heard a story about a guy who, while preparing to exfiltrate sensitive data, named the file "data_to_exfiltrate.zip". What a moron.

[-] themurphy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah.. Or setups just go past your nose often.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago

I don't believe them as long as they don't find copies oft "Sims 3" too.

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