Comments on: Marines using cheap commercial tech to hide command posts in plain sight https://www.isegoria.net/2025/02/marines-using-cheap-commercial-tech-to-hide-command-posts-in-plain-sight/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 21 May 2026 16:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2025/02/marines-using-cheap-commercial-tech-to-hide-command-posts-in-plain-sight/comment-page-1/#comment-3738218 Jim Thu, 06 Feb 2025 20:57:09 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=52573#comment-3738218 Obscurity is the strongest form of security.

]]> By: T. Beholder https://www.isegoria.net/2025/02/marines-using-cheap-commercial-tech-to-hide-command-posts-in-plain-sight/comment-page-1/#comment-3737978 T. Beholder Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:35:59 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=52573#comment-3737978 Yes, once there’s a rich enough environment, general principles of camouflage should apply to radio communication much the same way as to ghillie suits. If one can keep a relatively low profile, why stand out?

“Not obvious” does not equal “not able to be detected”, however. Preventing detection is good, sure. But it’s fragile, like any security-by-obscurity.

You may fool some people for some time. But the anomaly still exists, and once detected, the tracks can be identified and followed. Or as one good comic put it, even if you make up evidence of your death, the intrinsic flaw in this plan is that you’re not really dead.

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