Edit: Only 2 of these were actually installed.
…these cameras contain a hardcoded list of Russian phone numbers, which can be used to open a backdoor. An SMS from one of these numbers can open shell and network access.
…the web management portal can be accessed, exposing live streams, by anyone with the camera IP.
Reports also suggest that pressure from the opposition political party in Slovakia led to the NBU investigations. The current government of the country, led by populist Robert Fico, initially denied reports that the cameras were of Russian origin and rebuffed any security concerns. Fico has what some would describe as a pro-Russia tilt, but you can read more about that elsewhere, if you are interested.
We’ve always been at war with Russia since 2014
If the US or Ukraine did this in Russia you’d applaud. Maybe instead of getting all aghast about this, people should start to realize that if you want to expand Nato and seek conflict with a big country like Russia, shit is going to go down sooner or later. This is just what hybrid warfare is going to look like.
And it’s not going to get better. It’s not like we can attack Russia, they still have enough nukes to destroy the world and are modernizing them.
You are willing to sell out your wellfare, your liberty, the truth and peace and democracy to start this new conflict. Buckle up. Ten more years of this and it’s going to get craaaazy!
4 years of 3-day special military operation, yet someone still unironically pushes “don’t poke the bear” argument
To be fair, the EU is currently sending billions to support the Ukrainians in their fight against Russia. The EU is open about this support, it is no secret that there is a proxy war going on with Russia.
The Russian response against the EU has been pathetically weak, attacking undersea cables in secret provides a minor inconvenience, this camera business in the article is also quite pathetic compared to what the EU is doing to Russia.
In terms of going up the escalation ladder, Russia has barely gotten to step one because they can’t even handle Ukraine, why do you think they can open up a second front against NATO when they are down to Ladas and donkeys fighting Ukraine?
You also clearly do not understand the concept of mutually assured destruction, Europe has more than enough nukes to flatten Russia, the moment Russia even thinks about launching a nuke this will happen. If Russia takes out European decision making centres, British subs activate their protocol and destroy Russia. You are insane if you truly believe Russia will destroy itself over a tiny slice of Ukraine.
mutually, adverb: In the same way, each to the other; reciprocally.
Did I fucking stutter? Read what I wrote, not what you want to think I wrote.
Anyway if Trump orders a tactical nuclear strike on Iran, it depends on how the world reacts. And no I don’t think Russia is insane enough to do it. They will however exploit it.
Because yeah, Russia has been very constrained in this war. Obviously they can’t take on all of nato, but they have been practically fighting like a third of Nato because that is what Ukraine is. A nato allied and armed country.
They only bombed fuel stations and warehouses and the harbors in return to Rubio’s escalation tactic. They haven’t responded to the seizing of their tankers. UK wants to escalate this more. And that is the issue: People seem to continue to believe that Russia is just some idiot that only needs to be shown a bit more violence to understand how harmless nato on their border really is, then they’ll capitulate. They won’t.
The “fronts” of this hybrid war are also not just in Ukraine. Beside social media it’s also how the Nato weapons bought from the military industrial complex shipped to Ukraine cost way more than what Russia manufactures in their state owned weapon manufacturers. In a war of attrition, Russia bleeds the west. Now 5% GDP is supposed to go to Nato 3.0 and the entire national weapon industries are supposed to be privatized and split up.
And Russia-hysteria is at an all time high. The news media operates in complete lockstep obscuring the reality of this war. That is another front. Another victory in destroying the neoliberal Europe.
Basically the same thing that Bin Laden wanted to happen to the US after 9/11 could happen to us. The US empire is collapsing and the elites in Europe seem to be hellbent on doubling down and following it into the grave for some reason.
And all that is before actual military retaliation against infrastructure in Europe.
I would not applaud if this would happen to Russia.
I would love for this war to end, but I don’t think that would be beneficial to the peace.
Also the only people who are afraid of a defence alliance are people who intent to wage war.
Adding Ukraine to the NATO in no way is aggressive towards Russia, except Russia intents to attack Ukraine and take its territory.
And what do we see? Ukraine wanted to join NATO and Russia attacks before that could happen.
Well Russia thinks differently. And it doesn’t matter if they are right or wrong, it’s what they are going to do in response to what we did.
https://archive.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/nato-appeases-russia-ukraine-28817.html
Three months after the 2008 NATO Bucharest Summit, war in Georgia. Then the Rose Revolution with NED funding, again war with Russia. Then 2013 NED brags about turning Ukraine, 2014 regime change in Ukraine, again war with Russia.
It’s like you’re not listening. I don’t like Russia, but I understand they are not just going to roll over and accept weapons directed at them 400 miles away from Moscow. They are going to fight tooth and nail. We might bleed them, but they bleed us in return. 5% GPD for Nato 3.0.
So shit like OP is just going to get more common. And that will cost us liberties because now we have to spy on everything. All of this just because they just wouldn’t understand that Nato is completely benevolent to them lol.
Imperalist russia has s long history of murder and colonization of its neighboring countries. It’s completely appropriate and justified for then to join a defensive alliance. russia has no one to blame for this but themselves.