I think it’s important to note that messages will not always be visible to the human eye and could be hidden in ANYTHING including art work etc as I
learned form reading g “codes and ciphers by peter way”
en.wikipedia.org...
The advantage of steganography over cryptography alone is that messages do not attract attention to themselves, to messengers, or to recipients. An
unhidden coded message, no matter how unbreakable it is, will arouse suspicion and may in itself be incriminating and in some countries encryption is
illegal.
druid.caughq.org...
Steganography vs. Cryptography
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Steganography’s goal is to keep the presence of a message secret, or hide the fact that communication is taking place
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Cryptography’s goal is to obscure a message or communication so that it cannot be understood
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Steganography and Cryptography make great partners. It is common practice to use cryptography with steganography
[edit on 2-4-2006 by PowerToThePeople]
www.strangehorizons.com...
With these new techniques, a hidden message is indistinguishable from white noise. Even if the message is suspected, there is no proof of its
existence. To actually prove there was a message, and not just randomness, the code needs to be cracked or the random number seed guessed. This
feature of modern steganography is called "plausible deniability."
[edit on 2-4-2006 by PowerToThePeople]
