In 2025 Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) provided a dark-web portal called "Silent Courier" that allows people to securely submit classified information to MI6 and can be used as a channel for recruiting potential agents.
October 14, 2025
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Describes a durable capability/policy tool for submitting intelligence remotely via a dark-web portal.
MI6 has historically accepted "walk-ins" at British embassies as a recruitment mechanism for individuals offering intelligence or seeking to defect.
October 14, 2025
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Describes a longstanding recruitment practice in which potential sources approach embassies in person.