British child porn used steganography (forwarded msg)

[greg@ideath.goldenbear.com (Greg Broiles)]

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> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 14:48:45 -0400
> Message-Id: <9404181818.AA23764@mail.wm.edu>
> From: efn!ideath!uunet!mail.wm.edu!thardy (Trotter Hardy)
> Subject:      Secret porn in .EXE files

> An e-mail acquaintance of mine in the U.K., Phillip Boyd, has
> related to me that someone in England has been arrested for the
> distribution of pornographic materials. Apparently the
> "materials" are secreted within a DOS .exe file in such a way
> that the file can still run normally as a program, but those who
> know how, can decipher the pornographic contents.

> Here is Phillip's description:
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>     A research assistant at the University of Birmingham has just
>     been arrested for distributing Child Pornography through the
>     Internet: apparently wrapped up in innocuous .exe files which
>     really work and do something else if you don't know what they
>     are. The general view is that such distribution is pretty
>     well unstoppable.

>     Apparently it was the FBI who found him out and reported to
>     West Midlands Police here. He was a research assistant in
>     the Department of Metallurgy. No further details, it will
>     probably be months before he comes to trial.

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