Re: [DIYbio] Hacking Cursive - 2D aspects for cursive alphabets

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No, there's a market for OCR-resistant text, but I don't think
D-script qualifies unless it's actually handwritten in cursive. And
handwriting ciphertext is..never gonna happen, really. Yes, you could
base32/64-encode your ciphertext and then write it in cursive, but
transcribing text in handwriting uses the brain to buffer *words*, not
*letters and symbols*: it'd take ages!

Not to mention that if you trust your cipher to protect your message
from visual inspection and manual decoding from Dscript to begin with
(and you should), then you shouldn't need Dscript, anyway. Good
encryption means you can hand a copy of your ciphertext to the enemy in
confidence!

Finally, although it looks awesome for art and expression, nobody's
gonna invest the effort of transcribing something into a special form
of cursive just to avoid OCR scanning in the postal system. Yes; OCR is
a nasty abuse of privacy and freedom of speech/association. But there
are more trivial ways to prevent it than by applying three layers of
obscurity and encryption, the best of which is to call your
representative and tell her or him that you're unwilling to accept the
abolition of human rights for the sake of preventing a few overblown,
often FBI-directed, "terrorist" attacks.

On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:50:09 -0700
Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Matthew DeBlock
> <vastencn@gmail.com> wrote:
> > there are tons of advantages to Dscipt :)
> > including this fact
> >
> > look at it form the other perspective
> >
> > it is "OCR resistant text"
>
> I think most people in here want OCR to be /better/ at working... or
> would want a better glyph that would make it faster+easier to write
> and read (via eyes or OCR).
>