British deception during warfare.

[Elliot Kane]

An interesting article in The Times concerns just how sneaky the British are at military sleight of hand.

Article is here

I figure some of you may find it interesting

[The Sonar Chicken]

The cheeky bastards! ;D

[Hildor]

For weeks, military engineers have been seen working on Highway 611, the most obvious route from Kandahar to Kijaki, preparing the road and clearing explosive devices. In the end, the convoy took a completely different path across the desert, mapped out by a secret reconnaissance team and codenamed Harriet. While the Taleban waited on Route 611, the main convoy trundled safely along Harriet while a decoy column of Danish troops took the main road.

So the Danes took the 611 road or am I reading things wrong?
Poor Danes.

[ss]

Sept 11, 2008 15:57:57 GMT Hildor said:

For weeks, military engineers have been seen working on Highway 611, the most obvious route from Kandahar to Kijaki, preparing the road and clearing explosive devices. In the end, the convoy took a completely different path across the desert, mapped out by a secret reconnaissance team and codenamed Harriet. While the Taleban waited on Route 611, the main convoy trundled safely along Harriet while a decoy column of Danish troops took the main road.

So the Danes took the 611 road or am I reading things wrong?
Poor Danes.

They were decoys Hildor....knew exactly what they were doing...

I think the deception was excellent, and am glad it came off as planned...just goes to show that the Brits know they are in a war and want to win it and stay alive...

[Elliot Kane]

Personally I think it proves what anyone who ever fought us found out sooner or later - we're cunning, under-handed bastards! ;D

[janggut]

not to mention cunning linguists.

[cleglaw]

Apparently the British are slipping.

A camera sold on Ebay contained photos and confidential records of MI6 terror suspects, according to newspaper reports.

Photographs, fingerprints and confidential documents relating to suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists were allegedly found in the memory of the second-hand Nikon Coolpix camera, which was bought on the auction site for only £17.

www.pcpro.co.uk/news/227376/mi6-photos-sold-on-ebay.html

The UK's security service, MI6, has begun recruiting through Facebook.

MI6 has traditionally kept a watchful eye on the nation's universities for its next generation of spies but the agency says it wants to recruit from a wider base.

"The Secret Intelligence Service's open recruitment campaign continues to target wide pools of talent representative of British society today. A number of channels are used to promote job opportunities in the organisation. Facebook is a recent example," says a spokesperson.

The adverts begin in a charmingly nondescript fashion: "Graduates of all ages can develop long-term careers as operational officers, collecting and analysing global intelligence."

However, from these humble beginnings the adverts swiftly ramp up: "A career in world events? Help influence world events, protect the UK. Operational officer roles collecting and analysing global intelligence."

The Facebook ads mark a continuation of the move away from the discrete recruitment style once synonymous with the agency. MI6 now runs newspaper and radio adverts, and allows applicants to apply online.

www.pcpro.co.uk/news/227040/mi6-recruits-through-facebook.html

A security expert discovered a VPN device bought on Ebay automatically connected to a local council's confidential servers.

www.pcpro.co.uk/news/227190/council-sells-security-hole-on-ebay.html

[Elliot Kane]

Jang - indeed! ;D

Cleg - you don't know the half of it! The chumps in charge of so much of the govt these days (And I don't just mean the politicians, but all too often the civil servants, too) have NO idea whatsoever of good practise when it comes to data security. You wouldn't believe the amount of carelessly lost laptops (And even one DESKTOP!) and disks with sensitive information on. You'd think they were making Carry On Parliament some days.