This just keeps nagging at me. Is there a way to check pics for steganography? I'm sure most pics by Alefantis and friends are just pics, but some seem like signals. Like, as weird as many of the pics are, some stand out, right?
I'm a bit out of the loop and don't get to follow these threads as close as I'd like to, and I can't do it cuz I'm an idiot, but I would like to know that all pics with obvious pedo-symbols in them are being examined by people who know what they're doing. I mean maybe they just like spiral triangles in general, or maybe they like spiral triangles because they all rape children, or MAYBE the spiral triangles in that particular picture means decode this picture.
When you upload photos to instagram (and almost all photo sharing sites) the original file is not the one you're seeing. Imgur, for example, strips all metadata. Other hosts might compress the image, and others might resize/crop or otherwise alter it.
The second you alter an image, at all, you are changing the file, which would destroy any steganography - since hiding information inside an image is simply adding additional information to the raw file at the bit level.
So no, none of these images were steganography. There was speculation (and incorrect reporting) of steganography used in podesta's email attachments, which were preserved exactly as he sent/received them from people, but you can't hide information in images that you share on a photo site. The sites have measures to protect themselves from this type of file editing and most of them alter the image anyway.
Forgive my ignorance but can you use steganography in instagram images?? they do seem to like to to the "secret handshake" communication with their images and content is why I am asking. If its possible then I am sure its a hell yes.
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GrendelKhan ago
This just keeps nagging at me. Is there a way to check pics for steganography? I'm sure most pics by Alefantis and friends are just pics, but some seem like signals. Like, as weird as many of the pics are, some stand out, right?
I'm a bit out of the loop and don't get to follow these threads as close as I'd like to, and I can't do it cuz I'm an idiot, but I would like to know that all pics with obvious pedo-symbols in them are being examined by people who know what they're doing. I mean maybe they just like spiral triangles in general, or maybe they like spiral triangles because they all rape children, or MAYBE the spiral triangles in that particular picture means decode this picture.
fartnigger ago
When you upload photos to instagram (and almost all photo sharing sites) the original file is not the one you're seeing. Imgur, for example, strips all metadata. Other hosts might compress the image, and others might resize/crop or otherwise alter it.
The second you alter an image, at all, you are changing the file, which would destroy any steganography - since hiding information inside an image is simply adding additional information to the raw file at the bit level.
So no, none of these images were steganography. There was speculation (and incorrect reporting) of steganography used in podesta's email attachments, which were preserved exactly as he sent/received them from people, but you can't hide information in images that you share on a photo site. The sites have measures to protect themselves from this type of file editing and most of them alter the image anyway.
GrendelKhan ago
Makes sense. Thank you VERY much.
Oh, I mean: Thank you, fartnigger, for your tremendous contribution!
sugarskull ago
Forgive my ignorance but can you use steganography in instagram images?? they do seem to like to to the "secret handshake" communication with their images and content is why I am asking. If its possible then I am sure its a hell yes.