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Quantum Computing and the Future of Espionage

Quantum Computing and the Future of Espionage

Somewhere right now, intelligence agencies are almost certainly recording encrypted traffic they cannot read, and storing it. Not because they expect to crack it tomorrow, but because they're betting on being able to crack it eventually. The strategy has a name,...
Numbers Stations

Numbers Stations

The Strange Radio Signals That Inspired Spy Fiction If you turn a shortwave radio to certain frequencies late at night, you might hear a woman's voice reading numbers in groups of five. "Atención, atención. Tres, cero, uno, cero, siete." Then silence....
The Death of the Fake Passport? Biometrics and Modern Espionage

The Death of the Fake Passport? Biometrics and Modern Espionage

On January 19, 2010, a Hamas military commander named Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was found dead in his hotel room in Dubai. Within weeks, Dubai police had released the names, photographs, and travel documents of 26 people they believed were involved: a hit squad that had...