enonmouse t1_j8205ad wrote on February 11, 2023 at 1:04 AM

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Most sensitive sites are in the middle of nowhere and have have big buffer zones around them, in part to make doing that difficult. You also cant see a lot because of line of sight.

I am sorry my dude, i dont think you are cut out for espionage.

nothrfathed t1_j84y62i wrote on February 11, 2023 at 5:40 PM

Not only that, but most if not all communications are encoded. Makes it more of a challenge to actually sense any value. OTOH, maybe it was simply a test of their improved decoding tech. Anyone think it strange all the noise makers don't seem to think about roots of security???