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Re:Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Ch... by nasredin on Thursday August 16, 2018 @12:08PM (#17775864)
There's still "number stations" broadcasting over shortwave radio.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it?!

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Re:Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Ch... by etrevino on Friday August 17, 2018 @10:45AM (#17783174)
Number stations, though, are usually used for things like one-time pads or to send a previously agreed upon command. Detailed instructions are not really what number stations are good for.
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Re:Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Ch... by baybal2 on Friday August 17, 2018 @12:14PM (#17783839)
time, date, longitude, latitude is just below the length of an average number station transfer
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