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1994-02-25 - Re: WE WANT SELF DECRYPTING STENOGRAPHY NOW!

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From: deeb@meceng.coe.neu.edu (Stephen Humble)
To: tomh@bambi.ccs.fau.edu
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UTC Datetime: 1994-02-25 17:48:14 UTC
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From: deeb@meceng.coe.neu.edu (Stephen Humble)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 94 09:48:14 PST
To: tomh@bambi.ccs.fau.edu
Subject: Re: WE WANT SELF DECRYPTING STENOGRAPHY NOW!
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tomh@bambi.ccs.fau.edu (Tom Holroyd) sez:
> a) What's stenography?

Using a little machine to write text that hardly anyone else can read,
especially in a court or other official gathering.

> b) What's stegography?

Using a little dinosaur to write text that hardly anyone else can
read.  (Watch out for little teeth and rabid animal-rights advocates.)
This technique has died out in recent years.

OTOH, steganography is a method of sending messages with improved
security by hiding them in other, innocuous-looking messages.

Stephen

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