heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 17 days agoYes, the NSA really did ban Furby from its premises in 1999feddit.ukvideomessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1163arrow-down1videoYes, the NSA really did ban Furby from its premises in 1999feddit.ukheythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 17 days 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-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoI also think you may be misunderstanding the technologies that were available to Soviet citizens. I highly recommend you check out the book How Not to Network a Nation.
I also think you may be misunderstanding the technologies that were available to Soviet citizens. I highly recommend you check out the book How Not to Network a Nation.