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Forensics Tool Finds Headerless Encrypted Files
gurps_npc writes "Forensics Innovations claims to have for sale a product that detects headerless encrypted files, such as TrueCrypt Dynamic files.
It does not decrypt the file, just tells you that it is in fact an encrypted file. It works by detecting hidden patterns that don't exist in a random file. It does not mention steganography, but if their claim is true, it seems that it should be capable of detecting stenographic information as well."
Hmm, either the slashdot mods are again rising up to the challenge or they are not understanding the word "facetious". Now I'm confused.
Funny mods don't count towards karma.
So sometimes people give other moderations instead.
I would never do that myself - see my other post about making your joke and taking the moderations like a man.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
Dear mods, that's meant to be facetious. Some of you seem to be a little trigger-happy so you won't understand why I shouldn't have to explain that.
Make your joke and take the moderations like a man. If you are going to explain that it is a joke, you might as well not bother in the first place since explaining takes away all the fun.
I wonder if you are aware of the "I'm superior to you" undercurrent behind that. I'll tell you what a man does, he says what he wants to say the way he wants to say it and doesn't allow petty tyrants like you to tell him that there's anything wrong with that. Oh you can try, and I celebrate your right to do so, but it's just a noise. Save this for someone who is weak enough to need your approval. It will be much more successful then, at least for weird definitions of "success" that include "feeling better about yourself while actually accomplishing nothing". It's as though you want to tell someone how to be a man while at the same time expecting him to bow down to what you think that should look like, which fails because if he kowtowed to you his manhood would be the first thing he loses. My point is that what you're doing doesn't work, can't work, and trying harder won't change that.
To put that another way, was I really making a joke or was I trying to tell the mods a thing or two in a relatively non-threatening way that doesn't get them on their defensive high horse? You seem to have a great conviction that you know the answer to that question. The problem is you have no evidence to back up that conviction. You'd do well to actually know where somebody is coming from, with no such flimsy assumptions, before you presume to tell them what they should do and how they should be. I'm not trying to be rude but you're putting me in a position where I won't mince words.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Einstein
Make your joke and take the moderations like a man.
Wouldn't the joke be on you if the the GP was the one female posting to Slashdot?
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.