Please... I said: "It's as cumbersome, as one-time pad, but without one-time pad security." Yes, it can be made as secure as PGP, but it's still less safe, than one-time pad.

I thought the point of hiding the message in a sound or picture file was to *hide* it, not to gain additional encryption. Any encryption you want to do on the message is a separate issue. Hiding the bits is just supposed to keep anyone from *trying* to decrypt it in the first place, and/or to allow you to claim if the message is intercepted that you weren't *really* sending encrypted messages. I suspect that if someone manages to decrypt the message, you just flat-out lose on the "plausible deniability" question. At least, if the message is fairly long, coherent, grammatical, etc. It's just too unlikely that a long coherent message will be hidden in any regular way in an otherwise random sequence of bits. A little statistical analysis might allow some happy government cryptographers to tell you exactly *how* unlikely it is that they'd find a message in your data by chance... As another way to muddy the waters, you might try making the original plaintext a bit muddled, ungrammatical, semi-incoherent, rife with misspellings, etc... :) -David ure that are ahead of the mainstream, oriented towards the near-future. This includes all realms of what is commonly called "new edge", "technoculture", or "cyberculture" -- a mishmash of postmodernism, psychedelics, hacking, raves, cyberspace, industrial music, cyberpunk fiction and realities, etc., that are proving to be important constructs in the evolution of world culture. The file continues to grow and morph, and the initial response to it prompted me to begin the FutureCulture E-List. Those who share an interest in the topics discussed in the file can participate in in-depth or light-hearted discussions via the FutureCulture E-list, which has proven to be an interesting and unique addition to the vastness of cyberspace. Readers and participants in FutureCulture have included at one time or another a wide variety of sociologists and anthropoligists, authors and writers, hackers, scientists, students, and prominent "cyber-" oriented figures. For a long time, I have dismissed print media in wake of the interaction I saw occuring via e-media, such as the FutureCulture list, and I would be one of those to shun society's love affair with paper in wake of advancing computer and networking technologies. Yet through a seemingly unending discussion regarding the scope of the popular phrase "information wants to be free", I have found my love affair with e-media to in fact be quite out of date. That may seem contradictory to some, yet if we are truly to arrive at an infoculture of global real-time interaction via cyberspace, we must first look at the world in which we currently inhabit. We live in a world where paper and television are the informational messangers of choice to the masses. Thus, in an attempt to further propagate information to as wide an audience as possible, I have begun [the] Infinite Edge zine. The zine will be printed in black & white and 8 1/2 x 11", using Macintoshes and laserprinters. Below follows a basic text outline of what [the] Infinite Edge will look like sans graphics and design, of course. I am looking for submissions and assistance with this project from all angles: fiction writers, essayists, ranters, graphic designers, artists, poets, etc. Submissions are welcome in any form, in any style, in any tone, though that is not a guarantee that everything I receive will be printed. I am looking for submisison as soon as possible, but feel free to send them in whenever you like. For first issue, send them in by the end of March. Due to lack of available resources, I am unable as of yet to reward monetarily those who contribute to [the] Infinite Edge. I have little money, and my primary interest is producing the highest-quality zine possible, containg an immense spectrum of information. If you would like to contribute to [the] Infinite Edge in any way, shape, or form, please send all queries, submissions, tips, words of wisdom, etc., to me on the Internet at: ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu If you do not have Internet access, please send mail to: Andy Hawks 4290 South Mobile Cir. #D Aurora, CO 80013 USA By the way, I am looking at offering [the] Infinite Edge at a cost of $3 per issue. The first issue is not completed yet, but if you are anxious, please contact me via email or snail mail. Groovy. [the] Infinite Edge ___________________ Focusing on the Edges of Culture, examining the Fringes of Reason and the Reasons of Fringe, the Here and Now and Soon-to-Be, via unstrcutured Tones that Ebb and Flow from In-Form Information to Formless Rants of Altered States. [the] Infinite Edge is Divided into the following sections: GENESYS Notes from the Editor, Leters from those that Grep and/or Grok the Infinite Edge. 32-BIT Soundbytes of the World, Unite and Take Over. Blurbs pertaining to interesting news and products, quotes, technology, factoids, etc. MODERN Cultural Commentary - Realizing, Focusing, and Morphing the PostModern World. Rants, Essays, Theses, Observations, Predictions, Analyses, Streams and Rivers of Consciousness. -SUB The Depths of the Underground Subcultures. Rants, Essays, Theses, Observations, Predicions, Analyses, and Information. E+ The Virtual World. News, Notes, Notables and Quotables, Rants, Essays, Theses, Observations, Predictions, Analyses, Communication, Teknologies. VILLAGE VIEWS Interviews (I-Views) and E-Views with those who Surf, Ride, Make and Break the Edges of Culture. STREAMZ Fiction on The Edge: Transreal, Hyperreal, SlipStream, Cyberpunk, Post-Cyberpunk, [insert_any_word_here], etc. MEDI8 Reviewing, Analyzing, and Commentary regarding Popular and Underground Media: Books, Magazines, Zines, E-Zines, E-Books, Hypertext, Music, Film, Video, Television, Software, etc. MOBIUS One Last Informational Fix, Closing Words, Late-Crashing News, etc. If you would like to contribute to [the] Infinite Edge in any way, shape, or form, please send all queries, submissions, tips, words of wisdom, etc., to me on the Internet at: ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu If you do not have Internet access, please send mail to: Andy Hawks 4290 South Mobile Cir. #D Aurora, CO 80013 USA