I Shot Paul

Allen October 27th, 2004

Read The Science of Hiding in Plain Sight for an excellent primer on steganography — the science of hiding one message inside another message.

Steganography is more subtle than cryptology — sending a hidden message inside a jumble of data.

A message encrypted signals intent to communicate via hidden means. A message steganed (??) hopefully masks the intent to communicate.

For example: Compare this image with this image (new windows will pop up). No difference? One has a hidden message encoded with the StegPng program.

Wired also has an article on steganalysis — the detection and prevention of steganographic messages.

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