Steganography (Noun)
Meaning
Act of writing in code or cipher.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The ancient Greeks used steganography to conceal messages within innocent-looking texts, such as tattooing a message on a slave's shaved head and letting the hair grow back to hide it.
- Steganography was widely used during World War II to send secret messages to spies and resistance fighters behind enemy lines.
- The use of steganography in digital images has become increasingly popular among hackers and cybercriminals to hide malicious code or data.
- The art of steganography involves more than just encrypting a message, but also hiding the fact that a message is being sent in the first place.
- Throughout history, steganography has been used by various groups, including spies, revolutionaries, and even lovers, to conceal their communications from prying eyes.