TomteFeb 2020Recommends
Have a look at this scene from the fantastic film "The Lives of Others": ▶ this video The odour conserve features at the end.
in “People leave molecular wakes that may give away their secrets” · View on HN
5 The Lives of Others - Wiesler as a ruthless and efficient Stasi operator
5 The Lives of Others - Wiesler as a ruthless and efficient Stasi operator on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 2 separate months, 2015–2021.
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A clip from the film The Lives of Others showing Wiesler as a ruthless, efficient Stasi interrogator who uses a recorded interrogation to train new officers. HN uses other scenes from the same film as well.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it, and the scent-sample scene in the film, in threads about surveillance and Stasi methods such as smell registers.
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“Have a look at this scene from the fantastic film”
What HN commenters said
4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
TomteNov 2019Recommends
> "scent jars" Have a look at this scene from the fantastic film "The Lives of Others": ▶ this video
in “DNA database that found Golden State Killer is potential national security leak” · View on HN
_MicroftJul 2021Cites it
Scent sample collection by putting a dust cloth under the chair of someone who was interrogated (as it is described in the article) was shown in the German movie "The Lives of Others" [0]. Fast forward to ~4:30min if you are not interested in the rest of the film clip: ▶ this video (has English subtitles) [0] [link]
in ““The Stasi Had a Giant Smell Register of Dissidents”” · View on HN
dbboltonOct 2015Cites it
This method sort of reminds me of one of the opening scenes from Das Leben der Anderen (which is a great movie): ▶ this video
in “How to detect lies with a storytelling technique” · View on HN
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Film & TV clipsPrivacy, surveillance & cybercrimethe lives of othersstasieast germanysurveillancefilm clip