my latest article: the debate over online steganography

[Andy Carvin <acarvin@BENTON.ORG>]

Hi everyone... I just wanted to let you know that I've just published my
latest article. It takes a look at online steganography, the technique of
hiding secret data files in public documents. There have been a lot of
allegations as of late regarding terrorists supposedly using steganography
to hide terrorist instructions in images on adult web sites. There's no
proof to this claim, but the allegation has stirred up a lot of discussion
regarding the Internet and balancing national security with personal civil
liberties.

Because the piece is a bit off-topic, I decided not to publish it in full
here. But if you'd like to read it, it's available online:

http://www.benton.org/DigitalBeat/db103101.html

I've also put together a demonstration of steganography, after I downloaded
stego software off the Net and successfully hid a picture of my cat inside a
public domain photo of the space shuttle:

http://www.benton.org/DigitalBeat/stegdemo.html

Hope some of you find it interesting...

thanks,
ac

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