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James Bond redux: profile update for the modern spy

Lisa Miles
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Really interesting article in E&T about online social media spies and the tactics they use.


It's prompted me to just remind everyone in our community to report any suspicious behaviour from other community members and to be mindful of the amount of personal information you may be accidentally giving away.


Remember to visit and update your privacy settings regularly to ensure you're not giving away any personal information that you don't wish to and again, report any community member whose behaviour you're finding a little odd by visiting their profile and clicking on 'report'
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    About 50 years ago during my MOD (Air) days, I wasn't even a Mariner then, let alone an Ancient Mariner; my Line Manager on ARC52 UHF one day looked a bit glum.

    He had lost/mislaid his Access Tag which was an internally produced clip on tag ("they" had actually used a Crocodile Clip!) which consisted of a yellow card with a head and shoulders photo and row of letters to show whether you were entitled to be in that part of the site or not. The rest of the letters being blacked out.

    One problem when they were first issued, was that there was no instruction as to whether or not you should take the tag off site after work. Similarly if not to be taken off site, then where was it to be left? If left clipped to your RAF issue White "Dust Coat" on your chair, night time firewatch/security patrol used to enjoy taking their finds to Management. This also begged the question regarding access without actually wearing it… Our "real" MOD(Air) id cards would normally be carried in your wallet, albeit an id card without a photograph!

    Eddie's loss was no big deal, but I think he had lost one previously…

    Whilst you were awaiting issue or reissue of a tag after a photograph had been taken, you were issued with Temporary tag with a large T in place of the photo. Similarly, if you were a Visitor, it had a large V.

    Eddie was a keen caravaner and always had an old paperback copy of the AA Handbook on the bench in front of him.  I asked him if he had noticed that the AA Handbook cover was the same shade of yellow?  Followed by, "Do you want the cover?"  And "That AA logo would make an interesting Access Tag…" It did not take long to produce a bespoke AA Access Tag with the requisite letters and all neatly "laminated" with Sellotape. Eddie wore this tag daily for a few weeks without any questioning.

    Then the day came when Eddie was summoned to a Senior Managers Office. The first thing Eddie noticed was his genuine Access Tag on the desk in front of him, with a Senior Manager now eyeing up Eddie's AA Tag. I cannot remember the full sequence of events, but I know that another tag been made, this time with a photo cut from a magazine article on Alan Wicker; at the time a well known investigative journalist and TV presenter. I am not sure whether this tag was worn as an experiment into whether anyone was actually taking notice of the tags, but I believe that eventually it was deliberately "lost" to confuse the nighttime firewatch/security patrol.

    Clive


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    About 50 years ago during my MOD (Air) days, I wasn't even a Mariner then, let alone an Ancient Mariner; my Line Manager on ARC52 UHF one day looked a bit glum.

    He had lost/mislaid his Access Tag which was an internally produced clip on tag ("they" had actually used a Crocodile Clip!) which consisted of a yellow card with a head and shoulders photo and row of letters to show whether you were entitled to be in that part of the site or not. The rest of the letters being blacked out.

    One problem when they were first issued, was that there was no instruction as to whether or not you should take the tag off site after work. Similarly if not to be taken off site, then where was it to be left? If left clipped to your RAF issue White "Dust Coat" on your chair, night time firewatch/security patrol used to enjoy taking their finds to Management. This also begged the question regarding access without actually wearing it… Our "real" MOD(Air) id cards would normally be carried in your wallet, albeit an id card without a photograph!

    Eddie's loss was no big deal, but I think he had lost one previously…

    Whilst you were awaiting issue or reissue of a tag after a photograph had been taken, you were issued with Temporary tag with a large T in place of the photo. Similarly, if you were a Visitor, it had a large V.

    Eddie was a keen caravaner and always had an old paperback copy of the AA Handbook on the bench in front of him.  I asked him if he had noticed that the AA Handbook cover was the same shade of yellow?  Followed by, "Do you want the cover?"  And "That AA logo would make an interesting Access Tag…" It did not take long to produce a bespoke AA Access Tag with the requisite letters and all neatly "laminated" with Sellotape. Eddie wore this tag daily for a few weeks without any questioning.

    Then the day came when Eddie was summoned to a Senior Managers Office. The first thing Eddie noticed was his genuine Access Tag on the desk in front of him, with a Senior Manager now eyeing up Eddie's AA Tag. I cannot remember the full sequence of events, but I know that another tag been made, this time with a photo cut from a magazine article on Alan Wicker; at the time a well known investigative journalist and TV presenter. I am not sure whether this tag was worn as an experiment into whether anyone was actually taking notice of the tags, but I believe that eventually it was deliberately "lost" to confuse the nighttime firewatch/security patrol.

    Clive


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