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The text Lorem Ipsum is faux Latin taken from a passage by Cicero, it was most commonly used as a placeholder in texts or web pages to check layout before actual content was available. It doesn't mean anything, it's mangled Latin.
However....
A researcher noticed that while typing Lorem in to Google Translate that it translated as 'China', further research with other words from the Lorem Ipsum block showed other peculiarities, almost as if people were using Google Translate to send secret messages. Sadly, Google Translate underwent an update that stopped these interesting translations, however, people have since found that some words from the faux text do still produce interesting results.
Coincidence, or not? We'll probably never know. I wonder if Krebs or others have filed FOIA requests with the CIA/NSA for documents related to Google Translate? Could be interesting.
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/08/lorem-ipsum-of-good-evil-google-china/
However....
A researcher noticed that while typing Lorem in to Google Translate that it translated as 'China', further research with other words from the Lorem Ipsum block showed other peculiarities, almost as if people were using Google Translate to send secret messages. Sadly, Google Translate underwent an update that stopped these interesting translations, however, people have since found that some words from the faux text do still produce interesting results.
Coincidence, or not? We'll probably never know. I wonder if Krebs or others have filed FOIA requests with the CIA/NSA for documents related to Google Translate? Could be interesting.
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/08/lorem-ipsum-of-good-evil-google-china/
