I would say that's a bad assumption. National intelligence services routinely collect and analyze Internet traffic -- especially international traffic. Most a

I would say that's a bad assumption. National intelligence services routinely collect and analyze Internet traffic -- especially international traffic. Most are unable to analyze everything, but they'll keep an archive so they can go back later and look at something specific if needed. Also, I would assume they've got some AI looking for trends and also flagging "unusual" traffic for further (human) review. These HF stations are perfect for untraceable one-way traffic to foreign intelligence operatives.