Cryptography, RIP, Steganography etc (was Re: [Gllug] Editors)

[Tom Gilbert]

* Andy Smith (andy at lug.org.uk) wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 06:07:00PM +0100, Tom Gilbert wrote:
> > * David Freeman (freemadi at yahoo.co.uk) wrote:
> > > RIP act! That is why it is needed. The plausable deniabilty aspect of
> > > the StegFS is the main selling point. Having an encrypted filesystem is
> > > fine except that you must give the key or accept 2yrs in prison!
> > 
> > Uh. To the authorities, when you are suspected of certain illegal
> > activities. Sheesh, are we talking child porn or a letter to your bank
> > manager here?
> 
> This being the old "anyone who wants to hide information from their
> government is clearly a criminal" argument then?

Perhaps I have a narrow viewpoint, but to be honest, I can't think of a
damn thing I would want to hide from my government that wasn't illegal
:)

Tom.
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