[13482] in Cypherpunks
Re: MIT TOC SEMINAR--ADI SHAMIR--MONDAY--MAY 16--4:15pm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Loofbourrow)
Wed May 11 15:39:34 1994
From: Nathan Loofbourrow <loofbour@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 15:33:29 -0400
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199405111707.KAA16650@netcom.com>
Paul E. Baclace writes:
> I'm very curious as to how humans can directly decode encrypted
> pictures. Do they stare at it for 10 minutes and go "ah, there
> it is".
SIRD stereograms might qualify as an encryption method, although many
have been able to view these patterns using a brute-force search by
selectively diverging the eyes.
I don't see how this generalizes to a k of d secret sharing analogue,
unless the viewer is assumed to have k+1 eyes.
nathan