When the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released the winning Carnivore review proposal in Adobe .pdf format, they apparently failed to mask the names and other details of the review team adequately. According to Cryptome, the details can be unmasked by . . .

When the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released the winning Carnivore review proposal in Adobe .pdf format, they apparently failed to mask the names and other details of the review team adequately. According to Cryptome, the details can be unmasked by copying and pasting the .pdf text or by using an Adobe plug-in, such as Pitstop, to remove overwriting.

"This cloaking is weaker than a similar technique used by the New York Times for cropping text of the secret CIA report on Iranian Premier Mossadeq's 1953 overthrow," Cryptome scoffs.

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