Hide information in images using Steg

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Steg is an easy-to-use graphical steganography program to help keep your confidential data really confidential. Most people viewing the steganographically modified image files aren't even suspicious that the images might contain additional information. However, steganographic methods are not generally suitable for larger sets of data, because the capacities of the carrier files are extremely limited in comparison to other cryptographic methods.

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