From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 20:24:28 PST
To: arthurc@crl.com
Subject: Re: Encryption: A Testimonial
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Arthur Chandler tells an interesting story:
...
>   "Well, no one's going to look in here. Most of my colleagues are still 
> using manual typewriters anyway. But, just in case, I'll just lock these 
> files up with Norton Encrypt." -- Not exactly a heavyweight program, but 
> adequate to my purposes.
>   Then, a couple of months later, I get a call from the Dean. The 
...

Also an argument for using stegonography, to obscure the fact that one
has encrypted files. Companies or universities may have simplistic
policies banning encrypion as a matter of policy, for various and
sundry reasons, and may snoop through networked machines looking for
encrypted files (high entropy, characteristic file types, etc.).

Packing those sensitive resumes and job applications in an innocent
photo of the dean may be a good idea.

--Tim May

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