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Numbers Stations Move From Shortwave To VoIP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-to-puzzle-over dept.

IO ERROR writes "For decades, intelligence agencies have been sending secret messages to their agents in the field using shortwave numbers stations broadcasting encrypted messages for all to hear and puzzle over. Now someone is putting numbers stations on VoIP telephone numbers for anyone to call, and posting messages to Craigslist to alert the recipients to the existence of their messages. One of them went up last month and now a second one has appeared. Will there be a third? Who's behind them? And can you crack the code?"

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  1. I deciphered it! by ScaryMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Always... drink... your... Ovaltine?

  2. Re:Numbers Station here on slashdot - OUTGOING! by dgatwood · · Score: 5, Funny
    My guess as to what the messages say?

    Dearest Love,

    Meet me behind the abandoned warehouse. Don't wear underwear.
    Just a hunch.

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    Check out my sci-fi/humor trilogy at PatriotsBooks.

  3. Re:it's a joke by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Haven't you heard? No one wants to be a computer scientist these days to figure out hard-to-crack computer codes. The CIA is hiring high school students with Microsoft certifications to create their secret codes. The fact that they got VOIP to work was a miracle in itself.

  4. The Numbers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    4 8 15 16 23 42

  5. Re:Numbers Station here on slashdot - OUTGOING! by Gogo0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    They must be dupes!