"No, all right. It could be something like that, steganography, cryptography, all the naughty toys. I’d have said not. I mean, what’s the point? If you really want something secure, this isn’t the way. You want to lock something down, you do it with multiple keys, layers of security, not this peekaboo. This is...it’s what you call lingerie encryption. Looks sexy, doesn’t conceal anything at all. Think about what we do with access to critical infrastructure. Biometric’s barely the beginning of it, and then there’s next-gen connectome stuff just to get you in the door. Someone else’s department, thank God. Obfuscation like you’re asking about...hiding in plain sight, breaking up the message—well, I suppose you could call it artisanal. You can do it, but you need to be brilliant and dedicated. And a bit mad, maybe."