Sending Secret Messages Via Google's SearchWiki

We discussed the advent of Google's SearchWiki when it was introduced a few days back. Now Lauren Weinstein offers a thought experiment in transmitting coded messages using SearchWiki, with a working example encoded into the results of this Google search.

Comments

kdawson

[ActionDesignStudios]

Seriously, where did you find this kdawson guy and how exactly did he manage to become an 'editor'?

Re:kdawson

[Hal_Porter]

In your Preferences, click the Suck? tab and uncheck the kdawson checkbox.

It Works!!!

[PPH]

If I want communicate my desire to receive p0rn, I enter the term 'p0rn' into Google and someone out there on the interweb sends me links to p0rn.

Re:STOP MESSING WITH SLASHDOT

[DarrenBaker]

My review: Shit Sandwich.

Re:hmm ...

[Hal_Porter]

<bot-order>
<attack>
        <site>digg.com</site>
        <type>DDOS</type>
        <prejudice>extreme</prejudice>
</attack>
</bot-order>

That was fast

[declain]

Top 10 google trends:

Today's Hot Trends (USA)
1. dancing with the stars 2008 winner
2. orthogonal terwilliger accordion
3. siri pinter
4. chelsea handler playboy
5. brooke burke
6. who won dancing with the stars season 7
7. the shield finale
8. the shield forum
9. melioidosis
10. callies biscuits

It seems that a lot of people are suddenly interested in orthogonal terwilliger accordion. I wonder why?

Re:Slashdot

[isorox]

What the hell? I cant see anything but the headlines!

What happened to the articles and tags?!

Bring back OMG PONIES!!!!!1!!1

Re:The main page is all screwed up

[Anonymous Coward]

I think you're mistaken. I think you've taken the + sign as being to expand the headings and see the full story, simply because every other 'collapsed section' GUI would do it that way. It isn't. The + sign is to vote for the story to be on the main page. Yes, I know it's already on the main page. Anyway, if enough people use the - sign then the story will appear collapsed instead of in full... yes, I know they're all already collapsed. It's complicated. You'll understand when you're older. Or younger. Or not, actually.

Secret Message Decrypted:

[ancient_kings]

"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine."

Re:The main page is all screwed up

[smoker2]

I'm not sure if you're serious, but last night all the rss feeds for slashdot (http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot) were ending at a google error page.

I use /.

[hesaigo999ca]

I am posting a special hidden message right now...can you try and imagine what I might be saying...
  so any luck on solving this mystery... I think you might guess wrong.

Those who thought "Hi Bill" was the message...
you get an E for effort, it was hidden in plain sight, but was not the message...

The winner is the one who thought ..."I think he is saying this is a dumb story, anyone can figure out ways of hiding information in plain site using ANY website, newspaper, tv ad etc."

Re:Not very stenographic

[Java Pimp]

It's a nice iDea, but the messages aRe stIll beiNg sent in the clear, and anyone monitoring your internet traffic would be able to readily identify which sites were visited and in which order. If you're trying to hide something, this is a poor way of doing so. Especially since it's liKely there would be a need for repeated coMmunicatiOn, and theR E's still the prOblem of "key exchange" as it were. In short, it might fool a casual obserVer, but I doubt it would get pAst someone with training -- this is something even an FBI fieLd agenT would lIkely pick up on (NotE the sarcasm). A proper stenographic technique should perform even under close surveillance.

I see what you did there!