Blinky Rides Again: RCMP suspect al-Qaida messages

[Florian Weimer]

* R. A. Hettinga quotes a news article:

>  There have been numerous media reports in recent years that terrorist
> groups, including al-Qaida, were using steganographic techniques.

As far as I know, these news stories can be tracked back to a
particular USA Today story.  There's also been a bunch of stories how
a covert channel in TCP could be used by terrorists to hide their
communication.

Unfortunately, when such stories are retold for the second time, the
"could be used" part tends to change to "is used". 8-(

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