I have done a fair amount of research into numbers stations and the like and it seems to me to be a reasonable conclusions that they're a way of governments reaching spies in the field. I have researched the concept of a one time pad and I understand that it is a technically perfect way of transferring information without it being understood.
However, after a fairly heated debate with my family, it seems apparent that they think that numbers stations and short wave radio perculariaites are made by governments to keep people busy and coniviince them that international governments are "up to something".
I was just wondering if anyone could provide me with any evidence that numbers stations are indeed a genuine aspect of international espionage and are actually a viable means of communication with spies?
I would appricate this as I would really enjoy an oppourtunity to tell my family that they're fools and that this stuff actually is real and used as a serious means of communication.
Cheers.