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This is almost exactly how a plot device in Neal Stephenson's REAMDE plays out. In almost exactly the same part of the world. Bizarre.
by redbad 13y ago
This is almost exactly how a plot device in Neal Stephenson's REAMDE plays out. In almost exactly the same part of the world. Bizarre.
- beagle3 13y agoI have not read REAMDE, but if that's the case - perhaps REAMDE was the inspiration, which makes it not bizarre at all.
- sspiff 13y agoIndeed, though I was a little suspicious about wether this was really possible. Maybe we'll find out soon.
- _nedR 13y agoGoogled "Neal Stephenson README" expecting a thriller involving a government agency plot to inject malicious code into a open-source crypto-library, and the final commmit to the github project made by a hacker found murdered in front of the computer in his basement. Was disappointed.
- general_failure 13y agoReamde not readme
- pajop 13y agothat's probably CryptoLocker in real life - http://blog.malwarebytes.org/intelligence/2013/10/cryptolocker-ransomware-what-you-need-to-know/ http://blog.malwarebytes.org/intelligence/2013/10/cryptolock...
- ccozan 13y agoMore likely like a modern William Gibson plot. Mystery and modern technology in the same place. Objects that do not want to be tracked. Definitively Gibson style.
- keypusher 13y agoNo, you misunderstand. Stephenson actually had a hijacked 747 in one of his books shadowing another to avoid radar detection in the same way as described by this article.
- kps 13y agoIn REAMDE, not a 747 but a small private jet. The story also had the jet ‘disappear’ on the boundary between ATC zones. This was actually the first thing that came to my mind when I heard the first reports about MH370.
- viraptor 13y agoI had the same reaction. Actually, first it's disk encrypting malware which requests payment in bitcoin, now this, what next is going to come true?
- dredmorbius 13y agoWhich I've just finally gotten to reading in the past week or so, not realizing the parallels until I ran across them in the story. Pretty bizarre.
- lawncheer 13y agoOne of the first things that went through my head when I heard this update.
- madaxe_again 13y agoStephenson specialises in seeing the possible and articulating it. The world of Snow Crash and Diamond Age is a very palpable future.
- ajtaylor 13y agoWow, you're absolutely correct. I read REAMDE about 2 months ago so the plot is still pretty fresh in my mind. It's a great, so consider this a recommendation.