Subj : Numbers stations
To   : Angus McLeod
From : Deuce
Date : Tue Aug 16 2005 11:40 am

  Re: Numbers stations
  By: Angus McLeod to Deuce on Tue Aug 16 2005 08:42:00

 >  >  > Yes, but other than hand-carried OTP's, I can't think of anything that
 >  >  > 100% guaranteed not to have been compromised.
 >  >
 >  > The quantum entangled single photon method should be a winner...
 >  > http://www.ferret.com.au/articles/e6/0c030ee6.asp
 > 
 > <groan>  I'm going to have equipment for examining the state of a quantum
 > state, and when the secret police kick the door down, I will explain it
 > all away as a new type of espresso machine...
 > 
 >  > Of course, if you want a 100% guarantee, that means you have to 100% trus
 >  > person(s) at the other end.  The only way to 100% guarantee something isn
 >  > compromised is to never record it or pass it on to anyone.
 > 
 > For the sake of argument, I make the assumption that the two ends of the
 > communications path are secure.  No amount of coding is going to help if
 > The Enemy have a camera concealed in the ceiling, watching you type out
 > the plain-text before encyphering!

Of course, using a rotating schedule of magazines as the OTP would work pretty
well I would assume... or even various local newspapers...

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