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> From: Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Eason/Kawaguchi stego
> Date: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 9:27 AM
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> . Also, only a
> few parameters are needed to retrieve the information, so anybody with
> the appropriate detector and a few guesses can find the information.
> Yes, that's right, it's only hidden from view, not from even the least
> determined observer.
But if data is properly encrypted first, noise extracted from any picture
should be virtually indistinguishable from encrypted data. Stego is really
just obscurity with plausible deniability, it should never be used without
encryption.
jay