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TheSoup05 t1_jbbz3v3 wrote
Reply to comment by Schrecht in A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
Well, allegedly whatever type of steganography the article about doesn’t, but they don’t go into detail so I have my doubts.
The extent of my experience with steganography was a grad course a few years back with a professor who was a big name in the field. So I’m not an expert or anything, but I am somewhat familiar with this. And in my experience the answer is no. It’s an arms race. Someone comes up with a way to hide data, someone else comes up with a way to find it, so someone else comes up with a new way to hide it, so someone comes up with a new way to find it, etc. That’s not to say it’s perfectly accurate and that you can always tell with 100% certainty if a file has data encoded in it, but every method I’ve seen creates some artifact that is generally detectable with with a high degree of accuracy using the right kind of statistical analysis.
wordub t1_jbbyj4x wrote
Reply to A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
If you do things right no one will be sure you've done anything at all.
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donrhummy t1_jbbxrq0 wrote
Reply to A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
impossible. perfectly secure.
LMAO. People who knows nothing about how security works.
Humans have never created anything that's "perfectly secure". We might someday (probably not), but haven't yet.
ReinhardtEichenvalde t1_jbbwm00 wrote
Reply to comment by Damiandcl in Nations agree on ‘world-changing’ deal to protect ocean life by CelebrationDirect209
It is definitely too late.
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Icy_Comfort8161 t1_jbbvl25 wrote
Reply to comment by kropkiide in A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
You own the phone, you own the person.
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Vineee2000 t1_jbbv38k wrote
Reply to comment by kropkiide in A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
Well, Pegasus specifically had been seemingly mostly used to target high-profile, valuable individuals:
Diplomats, activists, etc
Modern day spy stuff, frankly
Janus_The_Great t1_jbbupbh wrote
Reply to comment by kropkiide in A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
Knowledge is power. France is bacon.
Dimentian t1_jbbuo72 wrote
Reply to comment by TheTapeDeck in Stanford Medicine scientists have found a way to transform cancer cells into weapons against cancer. by sgfgross
The rich today will stop aging. They will avoid cameras. The public will begin to notice a little later than they should.
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Reply to comment by tracerhaha in Stanford Medicine scientists have found a way to transform cancer cells into weapons against cancer. by sgfgross
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lunar2solar t1_jbbtfwb wrote
Reply to A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
I'm not buying.
This just seems like a gov't honey pot to me. Of course, I could be completely wrong and maybe they did discover "perfectly secure" communication algo, but I doubt it.
banksy_h8r t1_jbbt5m2 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
This is the naive approach and will be detectable as a cumulative noise floor higher than expected, based on a corpus of that media type.
ControlledSingular t1_jbbs43f wrote
Reply to comment by slayemin in A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
Stego is usefull in a very different way from crypto. With crypto shure i might not know what you are sending between yourselves, but i can know that you are sending stuff. Thus if i catch one of you doing a crime for example, i will be very very interested in investigating your crypto communication buddies, even tho i do not know the messages themselves. Stego aims to fix this by hiding the fact you ever comunicated in the first place. This type of security is ONLY achievable by obscurity.
volci t1_jbbrlww wrote
Reply to comment by czl in A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
> Done right this is hard to decode or even detect unless you know the algorithm.
And then you gett he problem of security by obscurity .. "as long as no one knows how we did it, it's secure!"
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b01000100 t1_jbbprgu wrote
Reply to comment by Okikidoki in A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
Why would you do that to goats? They can't give consent.
Schrecht t1_jbbowfd wrote
Reply to comment by LummoxJR in A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
Interesting. But it sounds like you're saying that the vulnerability is limited to some forms. Are there forms of steganography which lack that vulnerability?
klone_free t1_jbboj8w wrote
Reply to A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
How's this gonna sit with EARN IT in america? EARN IT bill passed in 2022 and puts companies on the hook for crimes committed against children, and specifically seemed to have been made with cryptographic messages in mind.
SatanLifeProTips t1_jbc10wq wrote
Reply to comment by Mr_Locke in A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991
Take a new picture, encode info, destroy original picture so no one can compare it.
Or if the process requires comparison of the original you could simply use wily different methods of sending the original and the doctored image. Send both via sneaker net and thumb drives with self destruct buttons.
But the main one being don’t let the same people see the good and doctored image for comparison.