The lament of the spies...

[JimC]

Apparently, it's got a lot harder to spy on the various evil empires: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-29/ ... s/11338096

Professor Olson says the ubiquitous nature of facial recognition and advanced tracking technology poses the greatest threat.

He says China has invested massively in new surveillance hardware, calling into question the continuing effectiveness of traditional "tradecraft".

"It's killing us," Professor Olson says.

"When I was on active duty I could travel internationally. I could go to airport control with false documentation and a bored passport clerk would take a quick look at me and then stamp my passport and I'm in the country.

"Now even small third world countries have access to scanners and databases. It's killing us. It's awful."

From military bases to street corners and on buses, we're being watched by cameras made by surveillance companies accused of spying for China.
Intelligence and security policy expert Edward Lucas predicts the demise of the professional agent in the field.

Not only is avoiding surveillance harder, he says, but undercover agents now have to have a convincing digital back-history. Any inconsistencies are easily detected.

"We have electronic tracking beacons called mobile phones which we carry around with us, and if we don't carry them then that's suspicious as well," Mr Lucas says.

"And then there's a raft of other information on payments and things like that, credit ratings and so on.

[pErvinalia]

[Cunt]

Maybe a sip of nostalgia would help...

https://radiopublic.com/spycast-GbrbJG/ep/s1!1e07c

[laklak]

Nostalgia is a dish best served old.

[JimC]

[Cunt]

That podcast was good. The voice was a bit hard to follow. A voice actor would have been easier to understand, and it would have sucked.