Study Finds Low Use Of Steganography On Internet

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 26, 2001 @02:52AM from the maybe-it's-just-not-on-ebay dept.

schnippy writes: "New Scientist reports on new study from the University of Michigan that argues that steganography (the science of obfuscating communications) is not in wide use, or at least not on the 2 million images they scanned on eBay. Earlier this year, USA Today reported that Bin Laden was using steganography to disguise his communications. Full study is available here. Wonder how long before someone sets up a distributed computing client to help search for Bin Laden's secret communications? :p" Niels Provos' research was mentioned in Slashback not long ago, and this article is based on the same research.

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I can help by ellem · 2001-09-26 03:17 · Score: 5, Funny

there has been speculation that Osama Bin Laden has hidden messages in pornographic images posted and swapped on Usenet

If they posted in alt.binaries.erotica.veils or alt.binaries.erotica.bondage.camels between 1990 and 2001 I have every .jpg, .mpg, .avi, .bmp, .pcx, .mov and .html file ever posted. Also I have every .txt, .doc file from alt.stories.erotica.camel.

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Re:Face it by Jerf · 2001-09-26 03:23 · Score: 5, Funny

'Half of slashdot posts are encrypted evil plots for mass destruction.'

Moderators, beware! That post decrypts to "fr15t p0st!!!" It's not a funny post, it's off-topic! Don't let your points be spent carelessly!