Blinky Rides Again: RCMP suspect al-Qaida messages

[J.A. Terranson]

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Tyler Durden wrote:

> What a fuckin' joke. You mean they're only now realizing that Al-Qaeda could
> use stego? Do they think they're stupid?
>
> Nah...certainly the NSA are fully prepared to handle this. I doubt it's much
> of a development at all to those in the know.
>
> -TD


As recently as two years ago, I had a classroom full of cops (mostly fedz
from various well-known alphabets) who knew *nothing* about stego.  And I
mean *NOTHING*.  They got a pretty shallow intro: here's a picture, and
here's the secret message inside it, followed by an hour of theory and
how-to's using the simplest of tools - every single one of them was just
blown away. Actually, that's not true - the Postal Inspectors were bored,
but everyone _else_ was floored.

While the various alphabets have had a few years to get up to speed, the
idea that they are still 99% ignorant does not surprise me in the least.

//Alif

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