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by Someone1234 2925 days ago
Interesting factoid, but some press have agreed to intentional latency as a security feature around certain events and dignitaries. The theory being that a sniper or drone operator cannot use the "live TV" footage to know their exact position.

In some cases international viewers may see the "live" footage before local ones.

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> The theory being that a sniper or drone operator cannot use the "live TV" footage to know their exact position.

How is this helpful in either of these cases? A sniper needs eyes on, a drone operator probably has live video from the drone. I don't see how a TV delay would have any effect.

I'm going to assume the example was a bad one. I could see something like a remotely activated bomb leveraging live TV to inflict the most damage.
So watch the international feed