Hide Any Secret message Inside a Photo Using Steganography
Have you ever wanted to send a secret message to someone without anyone else knowing? Steganography is the art of hiding secret messages in plain sight, and it's a great way to do just that.
With Steganography, you can hide a message inside a photo, a video, or other files. The Message will be undetectable to anyone who doesn't know how to look for it. This makes steganography a great way to share sensitive information with someone you trust, without fear of it being intercepted.
In this blog post, we'll show you how to hide secret messages inside a photo using a method.
Tool For Hiding Secret Messages
For hiding secret messages inside a photo, we are going to use a tool that is called Steghide. Steghide is available for both Linux and Windows. This tool is very easy to use for a beginner. In this blog post, we will show you how to use this tool for hiding secret messages inside a photo, in both Linux and Windows.
Installing Steghide In Linux
1. First run this command - sudo apt update
2. Now run this command - sudo apt install steghide -y
3. Steghide is installed in your Linux pc.
Hiding Secret Messages in Linux
1. First make a text file and type your secret message inside it.
2. Open Terminal.
3. Type this - steghide embed -ef secretmsgfilename.txt -cf ~/Pictures/photo.jpg
4. Enter a passphrase. You will always need this passphrase whenever you want to see that secret message from the photo.
5. Done the secret message has been hidden in that photo.
Finding The Secret Messages in Linux
1. Open Terminal.
2. Type this - steghide extract -sf ~/Pictures/photo.jpg
3. Type the passphrase which you have entered earlier.
4. Steghide will extract the secret message in a file.
