IP: ABC News says hijackers "may" have communicated using steganography

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
>
>
> Background on steganography:
> http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=steganography
>
> Be sure to look at the televised/video version of this ABC News report 
> (available at the link below) as well.
>
> -Declan
>
> *********
>
> From: "Buzz LightYear" <bzzlgtyr () hotmail com>
> To: declan () well com
> Subject: Crypto FUD from ABCnews
> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 09:36:16 -0500
>
> ABCnews.com has a story and a streaming video segment concerning Osam Bin 
> Laden's use of Steganography.
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/sections/primetime/DailyNews/PRIMETIME_011004_steganography.html 
> (Link to video on page).
>
> My problem is in the video segment. The segment "demonstrates" the use of 
> steganography buy showing 3 examples: 1. The floor plan of an aircraft 
> hidden in an image of the Mona Lisa; 2. A satelite photo hidden in a Web 
> Site image; 3. A Flight Schedule hidden in an MP3 file(Whitney Houston's 
> renditon of "God Bless America" no less).
>
> The way the video is edited impiles to a casual observer that these are 
> actually images from from Bin Laden. Only a couple times do they mention 
> in passing that it is a "Demonstration".
>
> The slickly produced segment's only purpose seems to be to spread FUD 
> about the use of Cryptography and Stegnaography.
>
> Shame on them.
>
>
>
>
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