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"We must ban Chinese phones and Russian antivirus because otherwise we can't spy on you"

2 Jun 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Kovichni

This is why I go out of my way to have Kaspersky in both my browser extension and phone. You can't even get it anymore on the app stores themselves since it's been banned by the gutless weak four eyed nerds who literally live behind a screen and watc...

Using Google Chrome? Then your PC just became their storage device and AI playground

6 May 2026 1 minute read 3 comments Kovichni

Sincerely no idea who in their right mind would use anything Google has to offer, I'm not exaggerating when I say that I haven't used its search engine on my PC for years now. Occasionally, when I do need to cross reference something like research a...

Modern Espionage: The IT Worker Scam

21 Mar 2026 5 minute read 2 comments Investigator515

Fake workers earn revenue to bypass sanctions and treat data theft as an extra perk. As we’ve developed the Silent Wars publication, we’ve taken a look at several historical and Cold War-era espionage incidents that would play a key role in times of...

Exploring Espionage: Operation Rubicon

9 Jan 2026 5 minute read 1 comment Investigator515

Compromised encryption machines would lead to an intel bonanza that lasted decades. Today, we can communicate globally in a matter of seconds. Texts, pictures, and even voice messages traverse the globe, and for the most part, we don’t even give them...

Exploring Espionage: The Hollow Nickel

30 Nov 2025 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

A single coin paid to a 14-year-old boy would expose a Soviet spy. In the aftermath of WW2, the stage had been set for some serious spying. In a world still reeling from the social and economic aftermath of total war, the presence of nuclear weapons...

Exploring Esionage: The RC-135 Rivet Joint

16 Nov 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

As the saying goes, “if it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it” sometimes, things turn out that way with intelligence gathering aircraft as well. While some platforms are destined for a short life with an enduring legacy, some that have been featured have...

Exploring Espionage: The IBM Selectric

5 Nov 2025 6 minute read 2 comments Investigator515

We live in an age of information, and as such, we have the world at our fingertips. The evolution of the smartphone has meant that knowledge on pretty much any niche or obscure topics is more often than not easily available. However, this wasn’t alwa...

Silent Wars: USS Parche (SSN-683)

27 Oct 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

It’s fair to say that while submarines were a key part of WW2, they really didn’t reach their full utility until the early days of the Cold War. While the diesel engine would go through several iterations to help improve its utility as a sub-surface...

Incredible tales from the Cold War—Beware Russians bearing gifts

9 Jan 2022 7 minute read 4 comments Mammal

  the mother of invention   According to Greek myth, only the renowned inventor Daedalus could crack the devilishly difficult puzzle set by King Minos of Crete: how to pass a thread through a Triton shell. His ingenious answer was to drill a small ho...

China/Harvard Nano Research; Dr. Charles Lieber Arrested

7 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments IRUUR1

The arrest of the good Harvard Dr and part time cyborg scientist, Prof.Charles M. Lieber and his Chinese government operative colleagues, for delivering a bio toxin to a Wuhan Lab is disturbing at best. Nanowire probes could drive high-resolution bra...