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Photo Database 4.5 - Organizing photos and encryption
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Steganography

   Photo Database application has cool feature - hidding data in images or steganography. The advantage of steganography, over cryptography alone, is that messages do not attract attention to themselves. Therefore, whereas cryptography protects the contents of a message, steganography can be said to protect both messages and communicating parties.

How to hide data in the program step by step - see here.

   Here is an example of steganography based on the test data. All attachments are protected by DES algorithm with password "123" without quotes.

   Two algorithms to hide data are supported: LSB and data hiding as part of a JPEG file. More details of each algorithm see below.

   LSB (Least Significant Bit) — The essence of this method is to replace the least significant bits in the container (images, audio or video) on the hidden message bits. The difference between empty and filled containers shouldn't be perceptible to human senses. For this algorithm, the greater the attachment size larger resolution of the image. See the table below with example images.

Original Small attachment Medium attachment Big attachment (maximum for this image size)
Оригинал Пример цифровой стеганографии - Небольшое вложение Цифровая стеганография в изображениях PNG Искажения при стеганографии - Масимальный размер вложения
JPEG, 252кб PNG, 610кб PNG, 623кб PNG, 736кб
 
You can click on any image to enlarge or download

RFT, 4.7Кб

RFT, 13.0Кб

RFT, 80.5Кб

   Steganography using of the features of JPEG file format. This method can include the recording of information in the metadata or in various reserved fields of file. For JPEG files, "hidden" data is stored after the image data. The image does not change, and the file size is increased: original image size + data file size.

Original With hidden PDF file
Оригинал JPEG стеганография - пример - Небольшое вложение
JPEG, 252кб JPEG, 406кб
 
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PDF, 351Кб

   You can encrypt image file with any other passowrd and other encryption method to increate protection.