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The Internet: A Terrorist Network?

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The Internet: A Terrorist Network?

John Horvath 22.08.2001

Steganography, or the debate about privacy versus security

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Ever since the Internet became mass media in the western world in the mid-to-late nineties, there has been vigilance on the part of users to defend the privacy of computer networks. As a result, governments have resorted to stealth measures in order to assert their control over the data exchanged across and within borders.

Lately, however, it has become obvious that governments are taking a more pro-active role in trying to control the data flow on the Internet. This is most probably in response to the massive public protests at high-level political and economic forums over the past few years. Hence, it's time for them to play the terrorist card.

No longer is it enough that the Internet is full of child pornography, dot-con artists, and hackers intent on making your life miserable, now it is being used as a means of communication amongst terrorist organisations. To make matters worse, you are probably aiding and abetting such activity, and don't even know it.

At the center of the new anti-privacy crusade is a process known as steganography. [...]

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