Hide Files in Pictures

I never was a great fan of programs that would hide files or information but I can see that some people might find this kind of tools useful. I can think of several reasons why someone would want to hide files in pictures; maybe it is because a file needs to be sent by email and no one that would intercept the email would find the file or a way to bypass a filter easily.

Hide in Pictures is one of those tools that lets you hide files of in bmp and gif images. The file size has to be in relation to the size of the image which means that you can’t add a 700 megabyte avi file in an 2k gif image. Double-clicking the image displays it as usual and normally most users would not suspect that a file is hidden inside the image. Bmp files seem to be better suited for this because they are usually larger than gifs by default.

Using Hide in Pictures is straightforward. Load an bmp or gif image, add a file to it and save the picture again. The file is now hidden and can be retrieved by loading the image in the same software and using the retrieve file function.As

I said this could be a way to send files without causing to much suspicion which would surely arise if you would send a passworded zip file to someone. The major problem seems to be the file size limitations and the fact that the recipient has to known and use the program as well.

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Categories: Security, Tools, Windows, software

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2 Responses to “Hide Files in Pictures”

1. hiddenwebbrowser says:

   February 13, 2007 at 3:22 pm

   How about encrypt a base64′ed file, so you won’t even need an attachment to your email

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1. Oculta archivos detrás de tus fotografías at powerpymes.com says:

   February 8, 2007 at 2:47 pm

   [...] ¿Porque alguien querría esconder un archivo? pues en primer lugar para protegerlo de los ladrones de Lap Top´s o PC. O para que nuestros empleados no conozcan los estados de resultados de la empresa, o para que Hacienda no se meta en lo que no le interesa. De tal manera que es una buena manera incluso de hacer llegar información importante a alguien enviando por correo digamos un inocente retrato de una tetera. Pero ¿como se hace ésto? pues debemos instalar un pequeño programa llamado Hide in Picture que puede ayudarnos a ocultar archivos en fotografías de formatos .jpg y .bmp. De tal suerte que usted decida para que lo utiliza. Pero por favor que sea legal. via Ghacks.net [...]

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