Lol oops...
"We're also in The Mists of the most profound transformation of espionage tradecraft since the cold war. In an era of smart cities and ubiquitous technical surveillance, spying is a formidable challenge. For a CIA officer working overseas in a hostile country, meeting sources who are risking their own safety to provide us information, constant surveillance is a very risky business. But the same technology that sometimes works against us - whether it's mining big data to expose patterns in our activities or massive camera Networks - can also be made to work for us, and against our rivals."
Yeah I had the same idea with China.
Not to mention that smart cities and constant surveillance definitely puts a damper on things, unless you are technologically savvy enough to manipulate feeds, jam signals, and all the other stuff that I know "you're" capable of doing.
There are simple tricks to not be recognized by an f r s. Assets might want to leave their phone at home or with somebody else. Changing your appearance doesn't have to be as complicated as wearing a mask, but that still works.
In most systems, there's always a blind spot.
Some Communications are best in person, best practices would be making up your own cipher and ensuring that you and your asset know the key by heart, and never stray from the code.
Sending a message should be as easy as scribbling a couple numbers on a random wall, moving a plant, writing down a grocery list and dropping the piece of paper accidentally on the street, actually going out and buying certain items.... I mean the list goes on...
There is almost infinite possibilities. The more creative you are, the more successful you can be.
*When it comes to all of that
