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This is such a HN response. “If they aren’t using new technology, it’s gotta be [disparagement and putdowns, without any consideration being paid to whether or
by cqqxo4zV46cp 2y ago
This is such a HN response. “If they aren’t using new technology, it’s gotta be [disparagement and putdowns, without any consideration being paid to whether or not the ‘newer’ stuff is worth it, let alone better]”
- andix 2y agoAround 10 years ago there were some Russian "illegals" captured in Germany. It was really a lot like in the TV show "The Americans". They seemed to have communicated a lot with radio and coded messages. They also used some Windows software to decode some of those messages. And exactly there they made a mistake and some messages could be restored. It seems like they only got very limited recurring training after their initial training in the 90s. So they might have had very limited IT opsec knowledge. The analog radio technology is also far from perfect. In their case the neighbours became suspicious, because they never opened the door at specific times, probably when their transmissions were scheduled. They also sent some radio transmissions from a nearby hill, that might have played a part in their capture. I'm convinced that some encrypted messages over a commonly used messenger or email provider would be way more secure. They would just disappear within billions of other encrypted messages.