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In the era of electronic warfare, bring back pigeons

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    This is actually interesting material on the history of technology in warfare - the fragility of electromagnetic communication methods, and what robust side-channels might look like. Given that...

    This is actually interesting material on the history of technology in warfare - the fragility of electromagnetic communication methods, and what robust side-channels might look like. Given that China is maintaining a pigeon force, and the Russians have gone back to typewriters for sensitive communications, it's entertaining (?!) to theorize about what 21st Century "pigeons" might look like.

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