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Frequently Asked Questions

1.Is my message really undetectable?
2.I forgot the steganography profile I used to insert my message. How can I retrieve my message?
3.Can I insert false positives?
4.How many messages can I insert in any picture?
5.Why can't the output be a jpg file?
6.Why are the steganography profiles not saved?
7.What is your email address?
8.Is the source code available?

1. Is my message really undetectable?

Yes the message is overlayed in the RGB elements of random pixels. So that it appears in the image as just a subtle pixel colour change indistinguishable from all the other pixels. Only the text of the message is inserted along with a simple message terminator character sequence which, like the rest of the message, is indistinguishable from the noise of the image without access to the insertion profile.

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2. I forgot the steganography profile I used to insert my message. How can I retrieve my message?

Trial and error or you could write a brute force extractor. Mind you you might die of old age first.

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3. Can I insert false positives?

False positives, decoy messages, can easily be inserted just by varying the steganography profile.

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4. How many messages can I insert in any picture?

So long as the areas in the steganography profiles do not overlap then they is no limit the the number of individual messages that can be inserted in an image. There is also no way to tell how many messages are overlayed in an image.

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5. Why can't the output be a Jpg file?

Jpg files use a compressed data format. This process alters the pixels RGB values in the images destroying any message that has been inserted.

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6. Why are the steganography profiles not saved?

For the same reason you do not hang your door key on the outside of your locked house.

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7. What is your email address?

Well it is hidden in plain sight. Or for those of you who have not uploaded that application then it is : techsupport @ hideinplainsight . ca

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8. Is the source code available?

The source code will be made available as soon as it is cleaned up. (generic C, Java, Android)

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