It's the sort of Maxwell Smart hack that used to cost the CIA black budget half a billion to develop in the '60s but is off-the-shelf from a Chinese toy factory these days. (Charles Stross)

It's the sort of Maxwell Smart hack that used to cost the CIA black budget half a billion to develop in the '60s but is off-the-shelf from a Chinese toy factory these days.

Charles Stross

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