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Russian spies using steganography software?

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Saturday, 03 July 2010 11:47

It's being reported that the captured Russian spies have been using Steganography software to pass secret messages back home.

The BBC reports on steganography concepts in it's usual elegant way and photography sites are exploring the issue too. Amateur Photography magazine is speculating (we think) that easy to use free steganography software like QuickStego could have been used.

Indeed this software is blissfully easy to try and does allow a massive amount of hidden text to be tucked away inside a .bmp type picture image with imperceptible results to the image itself.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:36

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