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

Would like to clarify that I'm not dissing d-script here, just my
opinion of its application to defeat OCR surveillance.. :)

On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:26:47 +0100
Cathal Garvey <cathalgarvey@cathalgarvey.me> wrote:

> 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).
> >
>