Espionage Technology: From Lipstick Pistols to the Insectothopter

In the second installment of MFFI's espionage series, the boys investigate spying technology, from cryptography to microdots to The Thing. 

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In this episode: 

• Dead Drops
• Live Drops
• Traps
• Steganography
• Scalp Tattoos
• Mask Letters
• Invisible Ink (the Sympathetic Stain)
• Cryptography and Cryptology
• Substitution Cypher
• Frequency Distribution
• Scytales
• The Two Pillars of Classic Espionage: Cameras and Radio
• Subminiature Cameras and the Minox
• Microdots
• Pigeon Cams
• Heinrich Hertz and the Spark Gap Transmitter
• Lee De Forest and the Vacuum tube
• Amplitude Modulation (AM)
• Practical Frequency Modulation (FM)
• Bugs (Covert Listening Devices)
• The Thing (The Great American Seal Bug), and RFID
• Leon Theremin and Averell Harriman
• Numbers Stations Redux and One-Time Pads
• The Insectothopter
• Dog-poop Transmitter
• Lipstick Pistols
• Rectal Toolkit
• Shoe Phone (Heel-Transmitter)

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