January 2012
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December 2011
1 post
November 2011
2 posts
“Funken ist Landesverrat.”
– Erich Fellgiebel, General der Nachrichtentruppe.
(«Broadcasting is high treason.»)
September 2011
1 post
July 2011
3 posts
“Gray Fox was a strange animal. Formed in 1981, it specialized in gathering human...”
– Sean Naylor, Not a Good Day to Die. good, quick peek into the field activities of Gray Fox members, a secret unit within the US Army tasked with collection of actionable intelligence in preparation of special forces missions. created, like many secret/SF units within the US military, in the wake of...
The complete text of Gordon Brown's apology to... →
In 2009 I ran the campaign to get a government apology for the treatment of Alan Turing. That resulted in an official apology from then Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Bletchley Park is preparing a new exhibit on Alan Turing and part of it is the apology itself. They have been kind enough to share with me a scan of Brown’s apology
June 2011
1 post
March 2011
2 posts
February 2011
2 posts
November 2010
5 posts
IDF Cyber Warfare Unit 8200 Press-Ganged Felonious... →
I wasn’t even aware that Unit 8200 has shed its former role as prime provider of SIGINT for IDF. Check out the whole piece. (via)
“By 1936, SIS had succeeded in cracking the main Japanese diplomatic cipher, to...”
– Christoper Andrew, For the President’s Eyes Only.
October 2010
1 post
WatchListen In: Berlin
last piece of info about Teufelsberg, presented by VBS.
September 2010
6 posts
Check out Kelsey's latest post on Architizer!!! →
annicka:
not only is my darling twin sister Kelsey a talented architect, she also BLOGS ABOUT THAT MESS!!!!!! go read her latest post, which focuses on the possibility of rahm (classic pic, btw!) replacing mayor daley, the design of air control towers (cool!), and some damn fine writing!
one of our dear readers (hey!) wrote about one of sigint’s main interests — control towers! ...
Dryft, »Transmission« →
a track from the electronic artist Dryft, from his upcoming album Ventricle (premieres Sept 9th), with a number station twist.
August 2010
2 posts
July 2010
2 posts
June 2010
4 posts
FBI: Spies Hid Secret Messages on Public Websites... →
Russian spy ring bust uncovers tech toolkit • The... →
“But the network of so-called illegals — spies operating under false names...”
– In Ordinary Lives, U.S. Sees the Work of Russian Agents
May 2010
2 posts
April 2010
4 posts
This afternoon I was tuning in to listen to Warsaw Airport ATC traffic and tower chatter this morning I noticed it strangely silent. Switched windows, saw that the status was “UP”. Then I browsed Cracow, Amsterdam, Paris and Zurich. Nothing. Finally, I tried and hit it off with Dallas Approach (KDAL).
Realized only some time later that all flights are grounded on the entire continent.
March 2010
5 posts
February 2010
8 posts
The Mathematics of Cryptology →
fuckyeahmath:
I thought this was pretty interesting. Discovered when answering this question.
The Great Brazilian Sat-Hack Crackdown →
As this last batch of posts is SATCOM-related, read this good piece about Brazilian US Navy communication satellite hackers.
A forerunner for the scandal on Predator uplink hacks.
