03-11-2011, 10:57 PM
Hi David,
I think the ease of this is that with passing messages over the internet you have traceability. With these broadcasts the agents do nothing that leaves a trace, all they have to do is pop by the nearest Rumbelows and buy a Sony ICF or something, sit down in a comfy chair with a glass of red, flip open the one-time pad, tune in and John Le Carre's your uncle.
And of course radio signals know no boundaries. Broadcast at, say, Western Europe and the agents could be anywhere. From what I understand of the one-time pad, if done properly it's unbreakable.
Andrew
I think the ease of this is that with passing messages over the internet you have traceability. With these broadcasts the agents do nothing that leaves a trace, all they have to do is pop by the nearest Rumbelows and buy a Sony ICF or something, sit down in a comfy chair with a glass of red, flip open the one-time pad, tune in and John Le Carre's your uncle.
And of course radio signals know no boundaries. Broadcast at, say, Western Europe and the agents could be anywhere. From what I understand of the one-time pad, if done properly it's unbreakable.
Andrew
