Secret

Takes an image as input and hides a text message, read from a file, within the image, before saving this to a new output image.

Can then read a previously created secret image and retrieve the message, writing it to an output text file.

The message is AES encrypted before being written into the image.

Currently works with JPG images.

Uses least significant bit steganography (using the two least significant bits).

Note - For some reason it currently only seems to work for portrait images.

Example arguments

To write a secret image:

key="xyz123" image="small.jpg" message="message.txt" output="out.jpg" job="write"

To read a secret image

key="xyz123" image="out.jpg" output="read.txt" job="read"

Inspired By

This program was inspired by a Computerphile (@computer_phile) video on stenanography (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWEXCYQKyDc)