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Unidentifiable car with electronic eavesdropping

DirtyDawgDirtyDawg Member Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭
edited October 2017 in General Discussion
Watched an interesting vehicle come thru the parking lot of my office today. As always, I back into my parking spot, and I am sitting there speaking on my cellphone to a friend. A dark blue 4 door Hyundai Accent comes rolling into my office parking lot real slow. I'm watching him the whole time as it trolls thru the circular drive parking lot. Dude was "riding low" in his seat....mainly because he was watching the computer laptop mounted in his center console, just like most cop cars have. But, this car had no marking...just a plain Hyundai. As he passes by me, 10-15 feet from where I am sitting I notice cables running out of both rear windows, leading up to a bunch of black boxes (6" x 10" approximately) mounted on the roof. I counted 6 to 10 of the low profile boxes. They did NOT appear to be cameras; so, I do not believe it was a Google camera car. I know what license plate capture boxes look like, and, I don't think that was the case. All the cops in my city of Tulsa drive American cars; Ford, Chevy, Dodge. Never seen an LEO in a hyundai. So, I watched and followed him for a bit, and he drove thru all the office complex parking lots near me. At one point, I pulled up right behind him, and as I got close, my phone call got disconnected. Coincidence, or what??

What could it have been?

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    CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    probably Self driving car prototype. I've seen a couple
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    DirtyDawgDirtyDawg Member Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nope....dude was steering it...
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    sxsnufsxsnuf Member Posts: 2,945 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Totally innocuous, they're here to help, nothing of any concern, it's all about the safety of the public, move along, nothing to see here.
    Arrivederci gigi
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    fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,722
    edited November -1
    looking for a WiFI so he could watch porn[:I]
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    remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,251 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You better hurry and make yourself a tin foil hat...

    I also bet he was just looking for an unsecured WiFi so it can get on the internet. I see it all the time
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    DirtyDawgDirtyDawg Member Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Really??? Just looking for wifi? This car had several thousand dollars worth of electronics mounted on the roof of the cab. The platform to hold the laptop on the center console is easily a couple hundred dollars. You think he was driving parking lots to find free wi-fi? You pull your head out. This was someone on a mission. Searching for something. Being paid by someone.
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    Tech141Tech141 Member Posts: 3,787 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You should have pulled in front of him and slammed on your brakes. Then asked him 'kindly' WTH he was doing. You would have been covered under the "See Something, Say Something" request of our US Government.

    Sounds like a Muslim terrorist to me.... :-)
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    gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290
    edited November -1
    It's a sniffer.
    Each box has specific targets; 400hz-1200ghz for radio/phone comms, demodulation for fax/modem, small GPS puck for location tags, etc.

    DIA/NSA and others use this gear to "monitor" security protocols & Snoop.
    Goggle cars are obvious as hell with that selfie stick covered with cameras on the roof!
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    DirtyDawgDirtyDawg Member Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by gunnut505
    It's a sniffer.
    Each box has specific targets; 400hz-1200ghz for radio/phone comms, demodulation for fax/modem, small GPS puck for location tags, etc.

    DIA/NSA and others use this gear to "monitor" security protocols & Snoop.
    Goggle cars are obvious as hell with that selfie stick covered with cameras on the roof!


    What might they be "monitoring" or "looking" for???
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    JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by DirtyDawg
    Watched an interesting vehicle come thru the parking lot of my office today. As always, I back into my parking spot, and I am sitting there speaking on my cellphone to a friend. A dark blue 4 door Hyundai Accent comes rolling into my office parking lot real slow. I'm watching him the whole time as it trolls thru the circular drive parking lot. Dude was "riding low" in his seat....mainly because he was watching the computer laptop mounted in his center console, just like most cop cars have. But, this car had no marking...just a plain Hyundai. As he passes by me, 10-15 feet from where I am sitting I notice cables running out of both rear windows, leading up to a bunch of black boxes (6" x 10" approximately) mounted on the roof. I counted 6 to 10 of the low profile boxes. They did NOT appear to be cameras; so, I do not believe it was a Google camera car. I know what license plate capture boxes look like, and, I don't think that was the case. All the cops in my city of Tulsa drive American cars; Ford, Chevy, Dodge. Never seen an LEO in a hyundai. So, I watched and followed him for a bit, and he drove thru all the office complex parking lots near me. At one point, I pulled up right behind him, and as I got close, my phone call got disconnected. Coincidence, or what??

    What could it have been?

    There are no coincidences, only conspiracies.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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    grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 53,466
    edited November -1
    Think That Damned Google car is Following me.
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    gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by DirtyDawg
    quote:Originally posted by gunnut505
    It's a sniffer.
    Each box has specific targets; 400hz-1200ghz for radio/phone comms, demodulation for fax/modem, small GPS puck for location tags, etc.

    DIA/NSA and others use this gear to "monitor" security protocols & Snoop.
    Goggle cars are obvious as hell with that selfie stick covered with cameras on the roof!


    What might they be "monitoring" or "looking" for???


    You alluded to possible electronic eavesdropping; they're "monitoring" all the stuff you may think they're monitoring, and more.
    If your 800-940mhz cellphone just happened to fail when you got within 25 yards or so; think about why that vehicle might have an RFI umbrella or phone shield.
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    montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 58,038 ******
    edited November -1
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    nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,880 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It couldn't be the NSA; they are prohibited by law from doing domestic surveillance.

    Neal
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    NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 16,662 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by nmyers
    It couldn't be the NSA; they are prohibited by law from doing domestic surveillance.

    Neal

    Did you forget the green font?
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    serfserf Member Posts: 9,217 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by NeoBlackdog
    quote:Originally posted by nmyers
    It couldn't be the NSA; they are prohibited by law from doing domestic surveillance.

    Neal

    Did you forget the green font?


    Yeah just like The FBI doesn't work in Foreign assignments either. These government agencies have guy's that just switch their hats and gather information regardless of law.

    serf
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    spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,724 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    no idea ...but i did see the google maps car come thru our little town and it was a midsize with a tall gadget on top...found out it could take sharp 360 degree vid/pics? at 40 mph...impressive
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    john wjohn w Member Posts: 4,104
    edited November -1
    Anti terrorist sniffing to make America safer I would hope . God bless America
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    john wjohn w Member Posts: 4,104
    edited November -1
    Anti terrorist sniffing to make America safer I would hope . God bless America
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    WranglerWrangler Member Posts: 5,788
    edited November -1
    Sounds like license plate reader system, but never heard of one on A Hyundai. May be a private company looking for repos.
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    FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,278 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    (Hacker Might be) a sinister use of "SRD" (Software Defined Radio) You can buy receivers Called "Dongles" that look much like a USB stick but are in fact a radio receiver. Most are cheap starting at $30 with an operating range of about 25hz to 1GHz.

    The mid range SDR radios like I have operate from .5hz to 2.5GHz with no frequency gaps. The Highend can receive/transmit on selected bands (AM FM Shortwave Longwave MV SSB and Digital) Once you capture the signal source/type it depends on what that person does with that captured signal (and the level of encryption).
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