The three paragraphs I used before had 275 words or 1361 characters. The software quit suddenly a number of times when I was trying to enter text. ![]() We may also save the output as BMP, PNG or TIFF images. It appeared to encode the 934KB image, but when I used the Decode function on the JPG output, only a portion of the original text was displayed. I started with encode and used the same image and the same three paragraphs as before. Like the other programs I tried, the user is offered two choices initially: Encode a message or Decode an image. This is reinforced to an extent by the ability to hide text within images without the need for passwords: a check box on the main screen allows this. The opening screen of PicSecret with its crayon-style image suggests that this is for kids. There were a couple of disappointments to follow. ![]() In my earlier look at steganography software I had tried out one app for the iPhone and two for the Mac, which were fairly easy to use and successful. An excellent source for ideas on this subject (and for sources) is Johnson and Johnson: these are technology consultants and not the baby powder people. With Open Source roots, some needs compiling. ![]() There are few steganography programs for OS X, but there is much software for other platforms. I have already looked at some applications available for Macs. There has recently been much interest in the idea of hiding information within images: steganography. Steganography on the Mac (2): Some Shortcomings (Updated Jan 2017)
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