Court Steganography Research Paper

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At the first thought of steganography what is the first thing that pops into you mind? For me I would have to stay the court steganography. It is really the only way I heard steganography mention before, but after research I came to the realization that court steganography is just one part of the various types of steganography that there are. Steganography is the art of covered or hidden writing. The purpose of steganography is covert communication to hide a message from a third party (Gary). Going all the way back to the caveman error steganography exited. There form of usage were painting on the wall that they used to communicate with each other. Some were simpler than others to understand others are still being coded as I write on this …show more content…

Semagrams hide information by the use of symbols or signs(Gary).The different types of semagram are visual, and text. A visual semagram uses innocent everyday physical objects to carry a message, such as doodles like random drawing on a piece of paper or the positioning of items on a desk or Website( Gray). In retrospect it takes a normal object that would be open to the eye out in the open but it is wearing a mask from another reason.. A text semagram hides a message by modifying the appearance of the carrier text, such as subtle changes in font size or type, adding extra spaces, or different trappings in letters or handwritten text. Open codes hide a message in a legitimate carrier message in ways that are not obvious to an unsuspecting observer(Gray). The carrier message is sometimes called the overt communication whereas the hidden message is the covert communication. This reminds me of how the government encourages use websites like Facebook and Instagram so they can have permission to access to our phones. They use the permission page from the source to somewhat mention the access but not in a way everyone can

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