hope this hasn't been asked b4 -
I've read about steg. Not questioning the math, ok. But has anyone heard of any real, non-trivial examples of crooks, terrorists etc actually using steg?
It's great technique for a spy novel. but really in life?
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hope this hasn't been asked b4 -
I've read about steg. Not questioning the math, ok. But has anyone heard of any real, non-trivial examples of crooks, terrorists etc actually using steg?
It's great technique for a spy novel. but really in life?
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/02/41658
That is the closest I could find. Since it is not easily detectable I do not think it would be common for some one to find such evidence - ever. I think in most cases there was only suspicion of its use.
Hello dinee, and welcome to AO,
I don't know of any IRL examples but I am not sure where you are coming from with your question.
I do have some software that detects it, and I will look for the link if you respond with an affirmative.............
I am looking from the tekkie side here :D like you might want to get a steggie tool then try my tool to crack it?
If your question is purely historical, then I am afraid I don't have any examples.....:mad:
It is an interesting concept and something to is hard to detect.
Nihil, I wouldn't mind a look at that app if you could be so good as to locate it?
Cheers,
Wolfe
I think an app like that is only semi-useful. It can only detect known ways/algos for hiding things. If some one really wanted to hide something like that they would develop their own way of hiding it..
I would encrypt it before hiding it too.
True. Encrypted with a unique method = good luck finding it.
Personally I still have not found a practical use for stego. Maybe I am not sketchy enough :-p
The problem with worrying about hidden messages is that you can see them anywhere. Just like a brute force decryption can yield every possible message, you can find SOME way of only using certain letters/words of any legitimate document and making it into a message to be worried about. A la "A beautiful mind".
Only the government would worry about such a thing :-p
Hi Wolfe,
The detection tool is here:
http://www.outguess.org/detection.php
:)