That Time Chinese Intelligence Tried to Recruit Me
How I found myself on the receiving end of a Chinese spy recruitment pitch and stumbled into the strange new frontier of AI-assisted espionage.
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If you've ever thought your inbox was full of suspiciously good offers—say, a Nigerian prince asking for your bank details—you may be missing out on another opportunity: being recruited by a foreign intelligence agency.
Yes, I’m here to report that I was pitched by what can only be described as …
