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Do high profile contract killings like in fiction actually ever happen? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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You know the type. High security, weeks or months of stakeout, sniper three blocks away...

The hitman sorta things I recall from the news are either planned and executed by national intelligence agents or some savage gunning and running from hired brutes, but never the variant with sophistication and private sector.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Fiction is fiction.

In real life, stalking the victim for months, sniper shots, or anything that involves any sort of sofisticiation or team of people is asking to get caught.

KISS principle. A successful hit would be as simple as possible, happen fast with no prior interaction, and involve as few people as possible.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I read a book a long time ago that talked about how many environmental activists end up in car accidents. In North America if you were an activist you were very likely to get in a car accident at night along a well known route....

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I just read a story about a Tesla Model S that abruptly turned left into a median and accelerated straight into it, killing its occupant on impact.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Most new vehicles could do that too. Most vehicles come with driver assistance that includes braking and accelerating. They almost always have a Bluetooth connection as well.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Shoot, it's not even new vehicles. The report I remember from a college team that trialed 'car hacking' was from ~~2014~~ correction, 2011.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

This was steering

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