There is a certain whitenoise pattern that is inherent in naturally occurring images. Should steganographic information be encoded in an image, it should be possible to detect the presence of such information, thus defeating the steganographic methods.
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Visual cryptography is a way of hiding information visually. When two pictures are lined up with each other, an image is produced. However with only one image, no information can be deduced about the image that results from the overlay of the two images. My goal is try and find ways of encoding large amounts of text into as small an image as possible.
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Steganography is the science of hiding the presence of a transmission. (By comparison, cryptography is the science of hiding the content of a transmission). A method is considered stego-strong if it is impossible to detect the presence of a transmission. Although there are currently no such methods, what would happen if one was developed? How would this affect communication, information flow, information policy, and law enforcement?
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Since the Clipper chip (which was killed) there has not been much talk about POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) security. As anyone knows though, taping a phone is a simple matter, and anyone with a headset and a few alligator clips can easily listen in on your phone conversations. The technology is clearly here if we wanted to secure phone conversations though, so why isn't it getting more attention? I'm currently compiling background information, and I may write some sort of summary soon.
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