The newspapers have been full of headlines about an alleged Russian spy ring after authorities swooped and arrested individuals in the United States.
The news has been reverberating internationally, with many in the British media focusing on one of those arrested – Russian glamourpuss and potential Bond-style villainess Anna Chapman, who helpfully left a number of comely pictures on her Facebook profile ready for the tabloids to scoop up.
One of the claims is that members of the spy ring exchanged information by hiding communications inside digital images – a technique known as steganography. A graphic image containing a message hidden using steganography isn’t something you’ll be able to spot with the…
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