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On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, Colin Keigher wrote: > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this > list > > http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/08/05/phone-numbers-stations-mystery-revealed-at-defcon/ > > "For three months, mysterious telephone numbers have been appearing on > the Craigslist classified ad site which, when called, play recordings > which sound much like shortwave numbers stations used by certain > governments to communicate with intelligence agents in the field who > are unreachable by other means. Now the secret behind these phone > numbers stations has been revealed. > > > The numbers stations, placed on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) > telephone numbers, were created by several people who attended the Los > Angeles 2600 meeting in May of this year, apparently just for the hell > of it. > > The stations, which used one-time pads for encryption, "were an > experiment to try to estimate the size, power, and organizational > capacity of the online cryptographic community," according to a > statement on the group's web site." > > At least it is all solved now. > > - Colin Keigher Cool! At least part of it is solved. I have two questions, though. First off, what did the messages say? Secondly, I wonder what they learned from the experiment? Zack ______________________________________________________________ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
