[privacy] Spying Fight about e-Mails, Not Phone Calls, DoJ Reveals

[dave at cirt.net]

Quoting der Mouse <mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>:
>> Does the NSA have to analyze spam messages also, just in case they
>> aren't really spam?  Maybe the subject line "Double Your Penis Size"
>> actually means "terrorist attack tomorrow". ;-)
> I have seen it pointed out that the misspellings and such in spam are
> an excellent steganographic channel, and have even seen mail about
> someone who had (claimed to have) written software for it.

This technique was used in the book _The Straw Men_ by Michael  
Marshall, all communications from the The Straw Men (a shady  
organisation of mass murderers) were sent out through the medium of  
spam.

Great idea - would love to see a proof of concept...