Pope John Paul II saw the papacy through the Internet age. Heck, he started the official Vatican Web site which was launched in 1995 in an effort to further publicize his sermons and speeches. People were alerted of the pope's death via text messages and other various technological means. With the conclave just on the horizon, it seems technology might have a way to hack into this all-too-secretive meeting in which cardinals will elect a new pope.
It's a classic tale of espionage: spying on the princes of the church to get the earliest word on the new pope.
Not that the Vatican hasn't already forseen this. Security has been years in the making for this exact reason.
James Bond-types could possibly score the news via satellite camera or lasers - you know, those nifty beams that could shoot right in a window and pick up conversations.
Ah, but the pope is no stranger to spies, especially since his involvement with the communist regime in Poland. Surely, there was a spy or two present. However, the Vatican has already banned cell phones, recorders, radios, televisions, and anything electronic from the premises.
Perhaps I should suggest to the Vatican that they do a little painting. In January, Force Field Wireless released a latex house paint that is laced with copper and aluminum fibers that form an electromagnetic field, blocking most radio waves so hackers and other vile beings stay out.
Who knew?
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