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Steganography or how to hide text in image or sound files

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 10, 2013

Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message, a form of security through obscurity. And now that we have saw the definition of this word, let’s take a look at three open source programs for Linux that you can use to play with this concept: Steghide and Outguess and one closed source Steg

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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