The Stupidly Simple Spy Messages No Computer Could Decode
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/06/the-stupidly-simple-spy-messages-no-computer-could-decode.html
Whatever the language, wherever the broadcast, the numbers
stations all sound the same. Men and women, usually with
impeccable diction, methodically rattle off codes that almost no
one will comprehend. On many stations, the sequences consist of
pre-recorded numbers spliced together. Others use
computer-generated voices. Some numbers stations have used
children, whose higher-pitched recitations might be easier to
hear over the bristling shortwave frequencies. The numbers
stations have been all around us for decades, equally disturbing
whether in English, Polish, or Mandarin. And they have endured,
despite advances in electronic communications and encryption,
because although they're accessible to anyone, numbers stations
are one of the most secure forms of clandestine communication
ever devised.
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I've always enjoyed the numbers stations. But then again, I'm fairly
easily amused.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
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