[UA] Spam?

[Rayburn, Russell E.]

Position based.  The real message would be the first, fifth, seventh,
sixteenth and twenty third ( or whatever ) word, with the rest of the words
filled in at random.  Sender / receiver had to agree upon positions before
corresponding.

-----Original Message-----
From: James Knevitt [mailto:weebleweeble at hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 2:21 PM
To: 'The Unknown Armies RPG Mailing List'
Subject: RE: [UA] Spam?


> -----Original Message-----

> Anyone considered if some secret message is contained within 
> these blocks? It seems all you'd need is the right key to 
> decode the message.  Might be a pretty interesting way for 
> people in the Occult Underground to keep in touch.  Hiding in 
> plain sight and all.

IIRC, there was a method of text encryption used on newsgroups for a
while that dressed up regular text as seemingly mundane but unconnected
sentences. Things like "Mary visits the store. The newspaper boy dances
with the bicycle." Things like that.

I'm personally curious as to how THAT system worked.


James

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