RE: Encryption is like a locked suitcase.

steven.soroka@mts.mb.ca
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:50:05 -0500

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>I've been thinking about this problem, has anyone
>considered using the blank areas of the hard disk
>to hide any encrypted files. If a couple of bits of the
>encrypted information were hidden in each of the
>numerous unused bytes of the disk blank space
>according to some formula.
>
>If the rest of the space was filled with random bytes
>wouldn't this make it very difficult to prove the
>encrypted information existed? ;-)

I'd hate to copy a file or start windows (damn .swp) and wipe out my
nuclear launch codes. :-)

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