Tag Archives: Spycraft

Hide your Spare Key Like a Spy with this DIY Dead Drop Key Hider

Do you have a spare key hidden outside of your home and wonder just how secure it is? Perhaps you… View Article

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Sir Robert Baden-Powell and His Adventures as a Spy

For those of you who didn’t grow up participating in the Boy Scouts of America like I did, Sir Robert… View Article

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15 Sneaky Spy Concealments

Editor-in-Chief’s Note: This post was written by Brett and Kate McKay and originally ran on The Art of Manliness. In… View Article

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DIY Dead Drop Devices to Hide and Pass Messages like a Spy

Today I’m going to share some techniques with you that I came up with for creating dead drop devices during… View Article

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Uncrackable DIY Pencil-and-Paper Encryption

Today we’re surrounded by massive computational power and vast communication systems. When you visit your bank’s site, you don’t think… View Article

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Learn how to Gather Intel with SCG International: The Graduate School of Tactical Training

The graduate school of tactical training you say? really? I was a bit skeptical myself when I first saw the… View Article

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Learn the Secrets of CIA Tradecraft

Did you know that the CIA hired a magician to write a pair of tradecraft manuals for them in the… View Article

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Pass Information Like a Spy with Dead Drops

The first rule of Spying is, “You don’t talk about Spy Club!” Ok, seriously though… Every good Spy knows how… View Article

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Relive the Cold War with Hollow Spy Coins

So you’ve got some secret information to pass to your contact, who’s cleverly disguised as the friendly Hot Dog vendor… View Article

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The Moscow Rules Developed by the CIA for Spies

Developed by the CIA, the Moscow Rules are an ode to the dangerous locale that Moscow was during the Cold… View Article

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