stego for the censored II

[Declan McCullagh]

On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 08:18:31PM -0400, Adam Back wrote:
> I wonder if they're using PGP stealth 2 that I contributed to
> based on Henry Hastur's 1.  It's kind of interesting to see
> these things used in the field.
> 
> However one suspects unless they had some hired security
> consultants it may be that they just used the stego
> programs such as Andy Brown's or Romano's stego program with
> raw messages.  Or perhaps using PGP without PGP stealth.
> 
> Also you've got to wonder if the whole thing is some
> spook public opnion manipulation attempt.  And then

Right. Prominent articles in USA Today and eslewhere, followed by front-page
LA Times article, followed by the Fidel Castro cyberterror hearing on Wed.

There's a pattern.

-Declan