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   Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2026 09:13:53 JST Matt Blaze

   In the "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there aren't microphones everywhere" category, Trent Park, a mansion bugged from top to bottom that was used to house (and monitor) captured Nazi commanders, is now a museum in London.
   https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/arts/design/trent-park-spy-museum.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0FA.1H9c.xpI3-LLc26tW

   They did the same thing (at Farm Hall, a different mansion) with Nazi nuclear scientists. One of the first things they recorded was the scientists dismissing the possibility they were being listened to. "The British aren't that clever".

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2026 10:16:20 JST Rich Felker

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     • Steve Bellovin

     @mattblaze @20002ist @SteveBellovin ACLU would be working overtime fighting for the nazis' privacy. 🤡

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2026 10:16:21 JST Matt Blaze

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     @20002ist @SteveBellovin Yes, I'm assuming a hypothetical of it being in the US, 2026, and the US fighting the Nazis as opposed to being the Nazis.

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     Steve Bellovin (stevebellovin@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2026 10:16:23 JST Steve Bellovin

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     @mattblaze For the former, I suspect one has to look at the Geneva Conventions; for the latter, I'd guess yes, unless barred by the former

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     Hoarse e-Books (20002ist@thepit.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2026 10:16:23 JST Hoarse e-Books

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     @SteveBellovin @mattblaze LOAC is not my bag, but if they’re held outside the US I don’t see a basis for an REP. Maybe the Geneva Conventions confer certain rights and protections; I’d be astonished if any of those are framed in the terminology of the Katz test.

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2026 10:16:24 JST Matt Blaze

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     The surveilance nerd in me wants to know if captured Nazi prisoners of war have a reasonable expectation of privacy, and if the FISA court would have granted a warrant.