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Bryn Whitehead
June 22, 2021 at 5:22 pm
Turning off location.
It’s a lie.
But, a good one.
Now we’re here.
looteverybody
June 22, 2021 at 5:26 pm
Was hoping we’d get “Eagle Eye”, but this guest was great!
Maybe to do a second round of movies!
Faiza
June 22, 2021 at 5:28 pm
Aha a person with a job I didn’t know exists explaining scenes in movies I didn’t see in the context of his job I don’t fully understand. Nice.
Matthaeus
June 22, 2021 at 5:41 pm
This man’s curriculum vitae is insane. Who knows how much information has passed through his hands!
BlackCell22
June 22, 2021 at 5:49 pm
As a former US intelligence analyst myself, I can attest that this video and commentary is spot-on in every way. A lot of times these videos are annoying to me because they’re talking to somebody who only has peripheral knowledge about some of the things they’re talking about, but this guy was absolutely right
Benjamin
June 22, 2021 at 5:52 pm
Cry Cher
Sergio Carretto
June 22, 2021 at 5:58 pm
He died short after this video didn’t he?
Sergio Carretto
June 22, 2021 at 6:05 pm
His examination of “gods eye” in the fast and furious franchise would be interesting.
Garrett
June 22, 2021 at 6:21 pm
He’d make a great podcast guest.
ATGG
June 22, 2021 at 6:29 pm
What a great Gentleman and professional analyst. Sounds like he was good at his job…!!
Palanthis
June 22, 2021 at 7:27 pm
Just remember that every war room needs a big board.
Lilly Rey
June 22, 2021 at 7:32 pm
My conspiracy brain is spinning! Great video!
Nikki Tenbrink
June 22, 2021 at 7:36 pm
The guy was nice, but this topic could really have used someone who puts the real-life and movie racism of these events and scenes into context (or at least mentions them).
TRIBE OF MENTORS
June 22, 2021 at 7:43 pm
*Never, ever, ever give up! Chances are if you FEEL like giving up, you’re right on the edge of your breakthrough*
— Mandy Hale🙏
v2snyder
June 22, 2021 at 7:50 pm
this guys probably a war criminal
yamaha2996
June 22, 2021 at 8:08 pm
Zbigniew Stonoga?
Vovin
June 22, 2021 at 8:12 pm
I recognize a GIS guy when I see ’em… but is he a PCI Geomatica guy or a SNAP guy? 😛
G Jones
June 22, 2021 at 8:40 pm
Great video. Most unassuming are usually the most dangerous
C B
June 22, 2021 at 9:00 pm
Space cowboys.. stolen spy technology… if Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones can make a movie on it.. you cover it
Joe Was
June 22, 2021 at 9:37 pm
I expected him to rank them.
Reine Dedeurwaerder-Sulmon
June 22, 2021 at 10:29 pm
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1
June 22, 2021 at 11:25 pm
Direct energy weapons
Sudstah Gaming
June 22, 2021 at 11:35 pm
All spy’s are subscribed to wired lol
Qurtur
June 23, 2021 at 1:12 am
peter griffin
sailcat9
June 30, 2021 at 12:19 am
This was a great video! I’d like to see more of them featuring Mr. Masback. Well done!
Keith M.
June 30, 2021 at 9:06 pm
Thanks…it was fun to do!
Rattenhoofd
June 30, 2021 at 9:40 am
1:26 his reaction to Battleship is absolutely glorious.
Abel Ingaw
June 30, 2021 at 11:29 am
I was hoping to see that “satellite drop bomb/missile” scene in Steel Rain and see his reaction if that was possible.
Gerard Hughes
July 1, 2021 at 12:39 am
He mostly never says what is actually possible. He’s very good at seeming specific about things while leaving the actual capabilities completely unstated.
Minjae Kwon
June 30, 2021 at 1:54 pm
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Antonomase Apophasis
June 30, 2021 at 6:12 pm
5:52 Lukin Coffee?
loglady
June 30, 2021 at 7:51 pm
3:57
Raven Echo
June 30, 2021 at 11:54 pm
interesting:
1. believes in “bad guys” or the narrative there of
2. deny or decieve
just overall interesting, such strange verbage – obviously cant piece together to much of a picture, but seems they have behavior metaphors and intent.
probably watching to many people i dare say, i wonder there false positive rate with those ideas floating in ur head
Monica B
July 1, 2021 at 12:02 pm
Am I the only one that is more focused on his hands than on what he is saying?
Katey Parr
July 1, 2021 at 10:02 pm
I love how this series is either, its 100% wrong in the movies, or its surprisingly right. Like the pickpocket one was like 90% correct and I was totally expecting it all to be like “yeah… no!” haha
Theo Ryan
July 2, 2021 at 9:00 am
This dude has a stare like he fully knows just how much info the worlds governments are collecting on us.
Deji Imole
July 3, 2021 at 3:10 am
Why doesn’t this have more views ?
Charley Edwards
July 3, 2021 at 11:44 am
love these “technique critique” episodes
Rei D.
July 4, 2021 at 5:03 am
John Goodman’s cousin works in surveillance
Lonny Winstead
July 4, 2021 at 9:44 am
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Andrew Levine
July 5, 2021 at 3:58 pm
In addition to thanks to Keith for his service, I would love to have Keith help me with my cable, DVR and when I cut the cord to streaming 🙂
Harsh Rahate
July 5, 2021 at 7:20 pm
🇺🇸: We got billion dollar eyes on you
Jihadi: Hold my dirt
Joshua gambino
July 6, 2021 at 8:04 am
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Lon Johnson
July 6, 2021 at 1:53 pm
Peter griffin
JAESWIFT
July 6, 2021 at 5:35 pm
What a great guest, I could listen to him all day. Please have him back for more chats.
If you’re reading this, have you not thought of hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit?
Gabriel Mumm
July 6, 2021 at 8:52 pm
Cool guy!
Gabriel Mumm
July 6, 2021 at 9:12 pm
I would like to see him again.
Kyle Anne Bustamante
July 6, 2021 at 10:39 pm
This is so cool AHHHHH
Ł
July 7, 2021 at 10:19 am
” We replicate the movies because that’s what we should look like ”
lmao
LP Jones
July 7, 2021 at 8:48 pm
Can’t believe Bad Boys was more accurate than some of these other dedicated films
Rudyard Kipling
July 8, 2021 at 12:33 am
It can happen, what you mean can’t. I have got in every sort of thing, I do not cause destruction or do dumb crap though
Džejms B
July 8, 2021 at 7:11 pm
What, no Spies Like Us?
SynthSurfer
July 8, 2021 at 10:34 pm
geez..was Archer necessary? He’s a sport tho.
Adam Smith
July 9, 2021 at 3:14 pm
“The fact that this guy knows the lat and long of where he is at any place … ” … yeah as does anyone with a phone. Drop pin 😁
“Jack Black apparently has access to satellites …. ” …. no that would be the character Jack Black is playing or rather what the writer wrote for him … because its a film. I’m usually fascinated by these expert videos but Enemy of the state was released 23 years ago so I’d imagine various things had to be assumed. In context a snoopers charter with complete access to everything us humans do was being slipped through and a senator was assassinated because he wouldn’t sign off on it. This incident was filmed and those involved were caught in the act. The person who was filmed brings all agency assets to bare to protect himself and the Bill which allows all assets to be brought to bare under one agency. By him. The reality is 23 years later we have every app, watch, fitbit, earphones, phone, TV, car, fridge, smart rucksack, fit shoes, game station camera, Alexa, Courtana, website, police anpr, streetcam, shopping cam, loyalty card, F@ceb0ok, g00gle, appfel, amazoink, credit card, sim card, and even wired 90’s headphones, smart water and electric meters, reporting back every single thing we do, think or say and now with AI in everything – what we are probably going to think, do or say. And that’s, the tip of the tip of the iceberg. I’ll enjoy Enemy of the State and just take this with a small pinch, a mere 200 or so, grains of salt. All that crap that tracks our every move is fact, but an agency that has access to whatever if required is unlikely …
Jan-Harm Pietersen
July 10, 2021 at 11:08 am
He is not critiquing the film, he’s just explaining how accurate or inaccurate that part of the film is. You’re still aloud to enjoy the film, maybe because you agree with the theme, but it doesn’t change the fact that there is still a flaw.
Gabriel Miller
July 9, 2021 at 7:21 pm
Still waiting for them to hit me up for the “expert depressed procrastinator breaks down coach potato scenes” video
C Doe
July 10, 2021 at 9:53 am
I could leave a comment, but then…you know….
moonlite x
July 10, 2021 at 12:06 pm
lol so nobody has yet hacked into a satellite you’re saying? hacking community: hold my beer
swmplvr
July 10, 2021 at 7:53 pm
nothing but a propaganda video on so called satellites..
Lord Honour
July 10, 2021 at 11:54 pm
Don’t they use satellites in geosynchronous orbits to stay over one spot on earth 🌍
Solomon Killeen
July 11, 2021 at 7:10 pm
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sirius black
July 13, 2021 at 12:10 am
you should bring in someone to break down drug addict performances, like leonardo dicaprio and zendaya
Detective Incognito
July 13, 2021 at 2:31 pm
Why is Peter Griffin in a wired video?
CrabShackMan
July 13, 2021 at 7:41 pm
I like this guy
David Crowley
July 13, 2021 at 9:44 pm
SPACE FORCE!
Robert Schlesinger
July 14, 2021 at 3:46 am
Very interesting and worthwhile video.
ImmortalCrab
July 14, 2021 at 7:42 pm
9:03 I am pretty sure I built that in Kerbal Space Program.
Soup Piyas
July 15, 2021 at 4:18 am
May be this man is doing a “Counter Intelligent Mission” while giving us false information. IlluminatI confirmed.
Boo
July 15, 2021 at 4:03 pm
He sounds a bit like a nice Mike Stoklasa
alec haggar
July 16, 2021 at 2:57 am
Theyd be better with the guy in the alley in the will smith movie. lmaooo
Dilanka Kasun
July 16, 2021 at 4:26 pm
Real time image analysis is not so sweet as shown in the movies. Being a guy doing such things, I know that sat images need to be de-noised, filtered and gone through many more steps before such levels of detail is achieved. An image may take days to process. It is simply almost impossible to automate the whole process since a human is needed to manually decide on what to use out of numerous techniques of analysis. However, big respect for the guest in the video for at least trying to give the viewers a context of the subject.
A. Zayed
July 17, 2021 at 12:28 am
7:56 WTF?
So the site of Ben Laden was so “Civil Like” that you were “Uncertain” about him and regardless your Gov. gave orders to “Raid, Shot and Kill” totally civilian look household and after death and DNA “which no one got its samples except of your gov and got rid of the corps in sea too” which confirmed on your own words and own evidence that it was positively him!?
So How many other “Covert” Raids led to deaths of unknown civilians that you hid of public as long as that seems a normal practice???
HOW Dare you took decisions of who lives or dies like that playing God??
I totally have no faith in your claimed success killing the man while that was the Management and decision making environment leading the Operation!!!
Your only hard evidence (Videos, images and Report” and almost Zero tangible resource or proof of kill except taking your word for it!!!
The way decisions of operations are taken are as terrifying as terrorist attack randomly!!
I’m totally scared AF of that management chaos you described, man you had Zero proof and send the men with order to kill!!!
God be with all humanity if we lost or sanity and used AI in a war taking worse decisions than people decides who to kill based on rolling dice way!!!
A. Zayed
July 17, 2021 at 12:28 am
7:56 WTF?
So the site of Ben Laden was so “Civil Like” that you were “Uncertain” about him and regardless your Gov. gave orders to “Raid, Shot and Kill” totally civilian look household and after death and DNA “which no one got its samples except of your gov and got rid of the corps in sea too” which confirmed on your own words and own evidence that it was positively him!?
So How many other “Covert” Raids led to deaths of unknown civilians that you hid of public as long as that seems a normal practice???
HOW Dare you took decisions of who lives or dies like that playing God??
I totally have no faith in your claimed success killing the man while that was the Management and decision making environment leading the Operation!!!
Your only hard evidence (Videos, images and Report” and almost Zero tangible resource or proof of kill except taking your word for it!!!
The way decisions of operations are taken are as terrifying as terrorist attack randomly!!
I’m totally scared AF of that management chaos you described, man you had Zero proof and send the men with order to kill!!!
God be with all humanity if we lost or sanity and used AI in a war taking worse decisions than people decides who to kill based on rolling dice way!!!
Abusing Collateral damage should be criminalized !!!
Ian Zainea
July 17, 2021 at 2:09 am
ZOOM AND ENHANCE!
Hawsrule Begin
July 17, 2021 at 8:25 am
Could listen to this guy’s knowledge for hours. More please
Read 譯Jordan 文達
July 17, 2021 at 10:32 am
more
M D
July 17, 2021 at 2:18 pm
“That satellite looks like something you’d make out of a lego set”
Loads KSP.
M D
July 17, 2021 at 2:21 pm
If Keith is a LOTR fan…. i mean it would be too perfect
RIVERSIDER
July 17, 2021 at 4:11 pm
This guy *NEEDS* to start his own YouTube channel 🗣️📢 *ASAP* ‼️
RIVERSIDER
July 17, 2021 at 4:20 pm
This guy is SOO *GREAT* at his job that when he breaks down these scenes , pointing out their faults , he makes it seem as if its “common sense” when in actuality , its rather difficult! That’s a *PRO!!*
Makes something that is difficult AF , seem as if it’s a walk in a park 🥇💯
Souban Jameel
July 17, 2021 at 7:28 pm
Where is transformer scene?
David Beran
July 18, 2021 at 10:46 am
This is sick, wow. And kudos for commenting on Bridge Too Far. There actually is a great documentary on Market Garden (the op) and the Victoria Cross by Jeremy Clarkson. I highly recommend it to anyone with 45 minutes to spare.
busfahrer09
July 18, 2021 at 12:01 pm
I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU DIDN’T ASK HIM ABOUT ‘SPACE COWBOYS’ WTF.
Thahir Ahmed
July 18, 2021 at 1:46 pm
@4.34
Yeah, when 90% of the time drone strike killing the wrong people it’s great to know that the people killing them are feeling a little sad.
John Stevens
July 18, 2021 at 5:56 pm
These Keith Masback videos are very impressive: Maybe movies are overstated and dramatized but these movies had a real big effect on people in charge – e.g. Reagan – star wars was created as a result of him seeing “fake movie drama” at camp David.
bipedalbob
July 18, 2021 at 9:26 pm
Oh yeah I’d like to see more of this, but is high resolution satellite imagery availabile to Joe average?
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July 22, 2021 at 5:11 pm
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David S
July 22, 2021 at 10:48 pm
Absolutely the best episode of this series to date.
KM is a fantastic communicator and seems like a guy who’d be a hoot over a beer…provided you don’t start asking questions you shouldn’t! A consummate professional.
Good job Wired
GroovyVideo2
July 23, 2021 at 3:48 am
i watched Zero of those movies –
Omaer 1
July 23, 2021 at 4:09 am
SubhanAllah(swt]
Non - human
July 25, 2021 at 2:12 pm
Yes Russia did put a very large mirror in space….twice
theCUBE403
July 27, 2021 at 3:56 am
This guy is an expert but has never heard that this second son project actually existed in Russia where many years were spent trying to make this a reality so that crops could be grown in Siberia and other northern barren lands. .
J L
July 27, 2021 at 10:03 pm
“its a joke, right” pretty much some up all the clips.
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Zoro Pirate hunter
July 29, 2021 at 4:26 pm
Correct me If am wrong….but don’t we use “Hard water” for nuclear reactors ….rather than soft water !??? 🤔🤔🤔
Arch Stanton
July 30, 2021 at 9:28 pm
They confirmed that it was Bin Laden based on DNA? Where’d they get his DNA in the first place? I suppose if they’ve got that much on you, the end is indeed close.
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Hope: Bob Hartley
July 31, 2021 at 8:00 am
Great job
TJ Lawrence
August 1, 2021 at 12:17 pm
“Satellites don’t loiter.” Geosynchronous Satellites – Am I a joke to you?
Chuck Finley
August 1, 2021 at 11:41 pm
he glossed over the fact that the CIA analyst who is portrayed by Jessica Chastain in 0 dark 30 is seen in the situation room pic during UBL raid..short brunette toward the back
Brian Haygood
August 2, 2021 at 11:17 am
11:15 They detect “light water.” Uh, that’s regular old water, folks. H2O. Deuterium, D2O is the only other “weight” of water. So, they are saying they detect H2O and that means a nuclear facility. Uh, didn’t last time I took a shower, but OK.
pruna blue pepper
August 2, 2021 at 7:26 pm
Downvote for mandatory subtitles on. Otherwise good video, really liked it.
Molb0rg
August 3, 2021 at 2:40 pm
magnify magnify magnify magnify … lol
Osel Somar
August 4, 2021 at 1:20 am
Smart black scientists exist only in Hollywood movies.
Jameel Ja
August 5, 2021 at 3:11 pm
Lex needs to get this guy on His podcast
satto
August 5, 2021 at 4:25 pm
Keith is a kind of guy you would listen to and learn whole night while drinking beer in a bar. Keith, can I buy you a beer?
Colin M
August 6, 2021 at 8:58 pm
I think you misunderstood Independence Day, they weren’t talking about satellite interference, they were talking about “hijacking” satellites.
turbotj99
August 6, 2021 at 10:22 pm
17:20 – the structure is not THAT big. Take a look at solar sails. The harder part is controlling the vehicle against solar pressure (torque) and I would guess, maintaining the parabolic (or spherical?) shape. It’s a really interesting idea. Also, at LEO (where it appears to be), it would by flying over every 90 minutes, have extreme atmospheric drag, and spend ~30minutes/orbit in earth’s shadow.
J_Net Reloaded
August 7, 2021 at 8:52 pm
sats get hAcked theres drug lords using navy seal sats right now! albeit old ones!
Travis Keller
August 7, 2021 at 8:58 pm
It probably all goes back on those room setups to a NASA control room or possibly a control center used for nuclear testing prior to NASA
GhostPirate LeChuck
August 8, 2021 at 7:35 am
One clip in and dude is already pretending like geostationary satellites aren’t a thing?
Shayne Weyker
August 8, 2021 at 3:25 pm
Wish he’d have said something about some command center scenes in the Pine Gap series.
Andy Potanin
August 9, 2021 at 12:07 am
3:00 “intelligence is at it’s best when it’s combining different multiple sources”
The Bench
August 9, 2021 at 4:40 pm
Keep in mind he can’t talk freely there’s a lot of stuff that is possible that he’s not able to share. And there’s more stuff that’s possible then you actually see in a movie that you actually can do in real life.
ottopotomas
August 9, 2021 at 4:41 pm
‘it has nothing to do with communications with other galaxies’
this is exactly what someone who sits on the landsat advisory group would say
TheGreatDrAsian
August 9, 2021 at 5:10 pm
Fat Bob Saget is pretty smart!
crollens
August 9, 2021 at 8:21 pm
0:30 😂😂😂 especially with 2 decimals coordinates, that’s like more than a square kilometer… It’s gonna be a pretty large download 😂😂
Jen M
August 9, 2021 at 9:02 pm
I’ll bet his kids can’t get away with anything 😅
Personality Malfunction
August 10, 2021 at 12:23 am
Loved this, but one small point about it being top priority to ensure a satellite can’t be ‘hacked’. I’m pretty sure the first iterations of unarmed Predator drones had to be grounded for a period of time because they realised the remote control systems were completely uncoded and unshielded!