Jack Recider

You can watch these videos where you see somebody taking out like one kite after another on rooftops. And I can't tell if the other flyers like this or hate this. Because if you had like a nine-year-old trying out a kite and their string gets slashed by some teenager looking for some sky fight, that kid's going to be crying. But anyway, that's kite fighting.

You can watch these videos where you see somebody taking out like one kite after another on rooftops. And I can't tell if the other flyers like this or hate this. Because if you had like a nine-year-old trying out a kite and their string gets slashed by some teenager looking for some sky fight, that kid's going to be crying. But anyway, that's kite fighting.

Or locally in India, it's known as manja. And you can buy like sharpened manja strings in stores and online. But hold on, this gets even crazier. So you have these razor sharp kite strings flying around in the air, right? All from rooftops and residential areas. But these are in some busy areas with lots of street traffic. So like motorcycles and cars are whizzing by down on the streets below.

Or locally in India, it's known as manja. And you can buy like sharpened manja strings in stores and online. But hold on, this gets even crazier. So you have these razor sharp kite strings flying around in the air, right? All from rooftops and residential areas. But these are in some busy areas with lots of street traffic. So like motorcycles and cars are whizzing by down on the streets below.

So what happens sometimes is when these losing kites crash into the ground... Sometimes they get tangled in weird ways on its descent. Like the string may get snagged up on some tree branch or a sign or something, but then the kite floats to the other side of the road and gets tangled on that side, essentially making a little tightrope that goes across the street.

So what happens sometimes is when these losing kites crash into the ground... Sometimes they get tangled in weird ways on its descent. Like the string may get snagged up on some tree branch or a sign or something, but then the kite floats to the other side of the road and gets tangled on that side, essentially making a little tightrope that goes across the street.

And when someone drives by, the car can get snagged on it and pull the string in weird ways. Well, the real problem comes with motorcycles and bicycles. There have been a lot of incidents where the string gets caught around the neck of a motorcyclist and cuts their throat. Bad scratches, gashes, and cuts. But some have even died from getting their neck slit by a glass-covered string.

And when someone drives by, the car can get snagged on it and pull the string in weird ways. Well, the real problem comes with motorcycles and bicycles. There have been a lot of incidents where the string gets caught around the neck of a motorcyclist and cuts their throat. Bad scratches, gashes, and cuts. But some have even died from getting their neck slit by a glass-covered string.

Yeah, people have died from this kite fighting stuff. So what motorcyclists do in the areas where it's popular is to install a small bar on the front of the motorcycle to catch any of those strings. It kind of looks like a little antenna on the front of the motorcycle, and it's there just to catch any kite fighter strings from killing the rider.

Yeah, people have died from this kite fighting stuff. So what motorcyclists do in the areas where it's popular is to install a small bar on the front of the motorcycle to catch any of those strings. It kind of looks like a little antenna on the front of the motorcycle, and it's there just to catch any kite fighter strings from killing the rider.

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It's always interesting to me to see the downwind consequences of something that we didn't immediately think would be a problem. These are true stories from the dark side of the internet. I'm Jack Recider. This is Darknet Diaries. This episode is brought to you by SpyCloud. For some people, ignorance is bliss. But for you, as a security practitioner, that's not the case.

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In episode 133, I spoke to Connor Tumbleson about some people from who knows where who were stealing his identity. Luckily, they weren't out to destroy his reputation or extort him, but think of the damage that could be done. We all have data out there, which data brokers use to make profit. Anyone on the web can buy your private details to do anything they want.