Young People Translate Emojis For The British Secret Service | Britain Today Tonight

Introduction

The security services in Britain are looking for young people to help them identify text messages that could be linked to terrorism. Sir Nicholas Charles is leading the search and has allowed covert filming of his meetings with potential recruits.

Techniques for Winning Trust

Sir Nicholas uses specialized techniques to gain the trust of the young people he meets, such as offering them tea or coffee. He also reveals some information about his background working for an agency that works for a larger agency that does business with the government.

Analyzing Suspicious Messages

• The young people are put to work analyzing and decoding suspicious messages flagged by Sir Nicholas.

• One message intercepted at 2:38 on Wednesday morning reads "con sleep light bulb exclamation mark small camcorder aubergine envelope." The group discusses what this could mean, including the possibility of men asking women to send pictures of vegetables (with an aubergine representing a penis).

• Another message is believed to be a communique between two terrorist cells, reading "one bang later question mark winky face I'm ready to explode dot dot where are you."

London Foul

• Sir Nicholas brings up the name London Foul, who security services believe could be highly significant. They discover that London Foul is actually a Chinese hacker working with two other individuals named Lamar and Ben Bow.