The 'number station' sending mystery messages to Iran

(ft.com)

33 points | by thm a day ago ago

7 comments

  • SockThief a day ago ago
    • thenthenthen a day ago ago

      BBC, Deutsche Welle, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Sound of Hope etcetc actually setup special stations around the soviet bloc countries in an action that could viewed as equally clandestine as the jammers that were trying to silence them.

    • sanjayjc 21 hours ago ago

      Given the connection with a one-time pad, I wonder why the article refers to the technique as "cryptology". Wouldn't "cryptography" be the correct term, given the security afforded by a one-time pad is unmatched?

  • koolala a day ago ago

    It is so creepy how it is read outloud by a human voice.

    • GJim 19 hours ago ago

      Sir should get a copy of the Conet Project....

      ...five CD's full of numbers station recordings. Just what every post-raver needs. I believe they are available for free download from archive.org and others.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conet_Project

  • moralestapia 20 hours ago ago

    One needs to be wearing The Verdant Ring of Ciphered Arithmetic to understand what's going on.

  • aaron695 a day ago ago

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