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Yes, the NSA really did ban Furby from its premises in 1999 (feddit.uk)
submitted 2 days ago by heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to c/historymemes@piefed.social
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In case you were wondering, yes, GCHQ banned them too. This incident also led to one of the funniest FAA papers ever.

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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You are right… They started with a 16-bit machine.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago

Though given that they cost 4 months’ wages, they were a consumer product only in theory