On Jun 17, 9:06am, Russell Whitaker wrote:
Subject: Re: Bart Nagel in Mondo On Jun 17, 8:38am, Dave Otto wrote:
Subject: Bart Nagel in Mondo Check out the lead article in the "Summer 94" issue of _Mondo2000_. It is a spoof by Bart Nagel that starts off sounding like steganography.
The article basically states that the photo-journalist-publisher industry is proposing that all images be encoded using stego techniques to contain unique identifiers that would prevent copy infringements. The article starts in a *VERY* believable fashion before trailing off into an obvious spoof. Very well done.
Ummm... I haven't read the article, Dave, but there *has* been talk recently in some photo magazines about doing just that. I don't have the details at hand, but I was told this by Romana Machado, the author of Stego, whose product was mentioned recently in an industry publication.
Romana (romana@apple.com) should have details; she is being copied on this message.
[following up on the above message of mine earlier....] Romana has asked me to pass along the following: In this month's issue of Photo/Electric Imaging, Stego is featured as an ideal product for "watermarking" digital images. A commerical photographer pointed out the article to me. This magazine is available at major camera stores such as Ewert's in San Jose - I haven't dropped by to pick up my own copy yet. I was polite but icy to Mondo folks when they inquired about Stego, sent them the same info that I send everyone else, but pointed out the exceedingly poor research they had done for _Mondo's Guide To The New Edge_, and expressed a hope that my product would not be similarly treated. [End of excerpted forward to cypherpunks by Romana Machado (romana@apple.com)] -- Russell Earl Whitaker whitaker@csd.sgi.com Silicon Graphics Inc. Technical Assistance Center / Centre D'Assistance Technique / Tekunikaru Ashisutansu Sentaa Mountain View CA (415) 390-2250 ================================================================ #include <std_disclaimer.h>