Subj : Store and Forward
To   : All
From : warmfuzzy
Date : Wed Jun 19 2019 23:19:55

Every field agent needs a way to pass messages between themselves and their
handler.  This is called "store and forward," which is basically finding a
place where the agent can drop something off for the officer/handler to pick
up at a later time.  If this place is exposed and is used by multiple
agents/handlers many people can get exposed in short order.  If its only used
by one pair its a lot more secure, but still its the point of the weakest
link between the worker and the collector.  So what options do we have?

a physical "dead drop"
a radio signal burst
an email address
an Internet drop box
something like a usenet newsgroup
something hidden with steganography (hiding things in plain sight)
and many other options

One method that I'm particularly interested in is the use of spy satellites
to be used for reception of radio bursts, storage of those signals and
retransmission of those signals to another part of the world after waiting
until the satellite gets over the destination area.  This kind of thing could
be done by Sputnik, the world's first store and forward capable satellite.

Some stuff to think about.  There are other servcies such as TOR and I2P and
the Freenet Project that can be used for the same things... it would make for
an interesting Masters Thesis.  Anyone out there have anything to add to this
topic?  The use of this stuff is not just for spies, but for journalists in
danger zones, such as hot war, cold war, and operation under totalitarian
regimes.

Just my thoughts on this, what do you think?

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