heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 months agoYes, the NSA really did ban Furby from its premises in 1999feddit.ukvideomessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1164arrow-down1videoYes, the NSA really did ban Furby from its premises in 1999feddit.ukheythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square31linkfedilinkfile-text
In case you were wondering, yes, GCHQ banned them too. This incident also led to one of the funniest FAA papers ever.
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoKGB was disbanded in 1991. The FSB was the eventual successor. But also during the late 90s russia was being stomped economically. It’s unlikely they would have been able to come with a device like that.
minus-squareᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYeah it didn’t have any kind of modem.
KGB was disbanded in 1991. The FSB was the eventual successor. But also during the late 90s russia was being stomped economically. It’s unlikely they would have been able to come with a device like that.
Yeah it didn’t have any kind of modem.