Forteana
For discussion of everything rum and uncanny, from cryptozoology (mysterious or out-of-place animals), UFOs, high strangeness, etc. Following in the footsteps of Charles Fort and all those inspired by him, like the field of anomalistics.
As this community is on Feddit.uk it takes a British approach to things but it needn't be restricted to the UK - if it's weird and unusual it probably has a home here.
Elsewhere in the Fediverse:
- !xphiles@lemmy.world
- !strangetimes@lemmy.world
- !highstrangeness@lemmy.ml
- !jingszo@lemmy.world
- !unsolvedmysteries@lemmy.world
- !uap@lemmy.world
- !ufos@lemmy.world
- !ufo@lemmy.ml
- !conspiracytheories@lemmyunchained.net
- !conspiracy@kbin.social
- !andfinally@feddit.uk
Isn't it just a numbers station? Didn't think it was anything more than that. The British also operated numbers station back in the day.
whistles The Lincolnshire Poacher nonchalantly
I love that
I read about these a couple of months ago, they seem pretty interesting. But yes, also quite common.
They are a good idea. It's basically impossible to figure out who is listening, unlike modern communication infrastructure which usually involves a two way communication
True. I often worry about online spying. Sometimes I wonder whether an authoritarian government could track my online posts if I say the wrong things.
The main thing is, let's say the encrypted messages are posted on a website. You'll need to use an ISP to send a GET request to that website and pull the website down. So the ISP can clearly see that you were looking at totallynotasitegivinginformationtospies.cia, unlike a shortwave radio. There's no way someone can really tell unless they've bugged the equipment, room, or walk in on you.
True. It's cool when old tech is still genuinely useful in certain cases.