007: Licensed to Mac

Mon, 03/24/2008 - 11:14am — Jonny Evans

UK intelligence service, MI6 (home of James Bond) is searching for a Mac using forger to join the Queen’s Secret Service. The intelligence service needs someone with QuarkXPress and Adobe CS skills to create forged documents, currency and other publications for its secret agents.

The winning recruit will be given full spy training and an inflation-proof pension.

MI6 is hosting a recruitment ad on its website, promising a fascinating work environment at the organisation’s London headquarters.

“We're sure you'll understand that as an organisation that collects secret intelligence, we can't tell you a great deal about what you'll be doing,” the ad states. “You'll also benefit from very high-quality training in your specialist skills.”

The winning recruit will work within the Design and Print team of the organisation. And will be licensed to Mac, on the Queen’s business.

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Comments

Sounds like a sting to

Mon, 03/24/2008 - 11:50am — Anonymous Coward (not verified)

Sounds like a sting to me....calling all professional counterfeiters!

Maybe iPhone/Touch in movies soon.

Mon, 03/24/2008 - 12:38pm — slappy (not verified)

I know most movies released are about a year old when actually filmed. I wonder how many movies coming soon will have iPhone/Touch all over the place. I think its a sure bet there will be one on the next Bond film. :-)

That sounds like one sweet

Mon, 03/24/2008 - 3:54pm — Sean Bartlett (not verified)

That sounds like one sweet job.

Is the world getting so bad

Mon, 03/24/2008 - 4:40pm — Olternaut (not verified)

Is the world getting so bad and dangerous now that intelligence services are resorting to freaking fully open and public advertising for recruits?
I guess the answer is yes. =/

this is a tad misleading,

Mon, 03/24/2008 - 7:59pm — Anonymous Coward (not verified)

this is a tad misleading, you actually have to be a British citizen to apply, the article says that their looking for foreigners

That's forgers, not

Tue, 03/25/2008 - 2:30am — Anonymous Coward (not verified)

That's forgers, not foreigners.

Does the job include any

Mon, 03/24/2008 - 9:46pm — Anonymous Coward (not verified)

Does the job include any 'sexing up' of already known false documents? I remember that not going so well in the past.

I have amazing photoshop 'sexing up' skills but there is that nagging thought that helping an intelligence agency create false information may lead to innocent deaths and global turmoil.