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Should something like this come to pass I would expect quite an amusing arms race. One could create add-ons that use code similar to txtmode [1] not my project
by LinuxBender 5y ago
Should something like this come to pass I would expect quite an amusing arms race. One could create add-ons that use code similar to txtmode [1] not my project to encode anything into words from a word list that anyone could create. Encoded in those words could be a compressed and/or encrypted string. There are probably even more clever and efficient ways to do E2EE without it looking like encryption at all.
Would it be worthwhile to have a competition to create something along this line? Something in the same spirit as the js13kGames [2] but in this case who can create the most human looking and most efficient communication that is actually E2EE encrypted messages using customizable word-lists?
[1] - https://github.com/c9fe/txtmode.git https://github.com/c9fe/txtmode.git
[2] - https://js13kgames.com/ https://js13kgames.com/
- Maxburn 5y agoPrecisely; as soon as E2EE is outlawed it starts to look just like gun laws, only the criminals have it. Worse the software and methods are out there, all that happens next is you are raising the bar on being able to use it as it won't be commonly available.
- mrtesthah 5y agoEven better, use GPT-3 to generate grammatically correct text which steganographically encodes an encrypted message.
- bee_rider 5y agoSteganography is the broader topic. Recently, I think it has been assumed that anybody basically has a right to talk to anybody else without any real justification, so messages were encrypted instead. But steganography was popular in, for example, ancient times when the local king or church officials might demand to see your letters. If it is due for a comeback that says something pretty sad about our society I think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography