DIGITAL IMAGE STEGANOGRAPHY

DIGITAL IMAGE STEGANOGRAPHY

Digital Steganography "is used in graphic files, HTML, sound files, video, and text files, for example, but image files are favored and referred to as stego-images."  When using digital steganography information is embedded and hidden in images.  When looking at the images you do not see the information.  It was believed that digital image steganography was used in Al-Qaeda leading up to September 11, 2001 on the attack to the United States.  It is also used for people that are being censored by the government.  

 

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Digital Steganography is also used in hidden digital watermarks.  There is a special program that is used to hide messages in digital watermarks.   Certain digital steganography softwares are better than others at concealing messages. People can be trained in digital image steganography if they would like.