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Re: Every Spy Should Carry a Bible

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From: Magnus Olsson
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 09:46
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In article <1992Oct7.024837.4565@unlv.edu> flagg@blind-lemon.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Cunningham) writes:
>In article <BvpEx7.7Iq@fulcrum.bt.co.uk> igb@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten)  
>writes:
> "Suppose I strip off the bottom bit
> "of each sample in a piece of music on CD and replace it with my ideal
> "random bits, and press the CDs.
>
>Why go to all the trouble.  If you really want to make it complex encrypt a  
>short message into decimal characters and use the resulting number as a measure  
>for a piece of non-heat expansive material.  Put this material into a common  
>item and ship.  The receiver removes the material and measures it with an  
>electron microscope, figures out the measure and decodes the message.  

Hah, that's a laugh (unless you only want to encode *really* short
messages, of course)! You seem to have an exaggerated belief in the
accuracy of machining methods. Or have I missed a smiley somewhere? 

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