| >This is a genuine question: I don't really see how it's possible for spies to exist in the modern day. Our world is far too technologically advanced for espionage to work anymore right? >Can someone correct me if I'm wrong. I don't have any special knowledge, but a DDG search for "espionage cases recent" returned a large number of results. Here's a sampling: https://news.clearancejobs.com/2020/12/30/the-top-5-u-s-espi... https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-11-16/chinese-n... https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/us/politics/navy-nuclear-... https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-cia-officer-arrested-a... https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-nsa-employee-arrested-... https://apnews.com/article/sweden-government-stockholm-57182... https://news.clearancejobs.com/2021/12/27/top-5-u-s-espionag... I'd note that none of these include any US/Western spies. If you're inclined to believe it (I have no idea one way or another), Evan Gershkovich[0] is another spy. [0] https://abc7chicago.com/evan-gershkovich-in-court-wall-stree... You may well be right that it's impossible "for spies to exist in the modern day" but various governments don't seem to hold that view. Now you've got me curious. What's so different about now that would make espionage unworkable? I'd think espionage would be much easier due to technological advances, not harder. I'd be quite interested to hear your thoughts if you don't mind expanding on your comment. Thanks! Edit: I meant to also say that given the number of cases that are being prosecuted, it seems likely that many more folks are engaged in espionage who haven't been discovered or who have been discovered and are being used as a conduit for disinformation. Again, I have no special knowledge about that, but (at least to me) it makes sense that there would be more, possibly many more. |