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NO, it isn't safe at all and steganography is not encryption!

Encryption means that the method is known, but that's not a problem, the data can't be decrypted without a key. Bad luck for interceptors when a strong method and a strong key have been used. The message is useless for them.

Steganography means hiding data in other data and it relies on the method used to hide the data being unknown to interceptors! It isn't encryption at all, but it can be combined with encryption. Simple/public domain steganography techniques can be detected quite easily, if the interceptor expects a hidden message.

Pure steganography (just the hiding process) is security by obscurity, which is a bad practice. However, somtimessometimes the combination of steganography and cryptography can be desirable, for example when you don't want anyone to know that a secret message has been sent at all. Interceptors won't be able to prove it, when they can't break the encryption.

NO, it isn't safe at all and steganography is not encryption!

Encryption means that the method is known, but that's not a problem, the data can't be decrypted without a key. Bad luck for interceptors when a strong method and a strong key have been used. The message is useless for them.

Steganography means hiding data in other data and it relies on the method used to hide the data being unknown to interceptors! It isn't encryption at all, but it can be combined with encryption. Simple/public domain steganography techniques can be detected quite easily, if the interceptor expects a hidden message.

Pure steganography (just the hiding process) is security by obscurity, which is a bad practice. However, somtimes the combination of steganography and cryptography can be desirable, for example when you don't want anyone to know that a secret message has been sent at all. Interceptors won't be able to prove it, when they can't break the encryption.

NO, it isn't safe at all and steganography is not encryption!

Encryption means that the method is known, but that's not a problem, the data can't be decrypted without a key. Bad luck for interceptors when a strong method and a strong key have been used. The message is useless for them.

Steganography means hiding data in other data and it relies on the method used to hide the data being unknown to interceptors! It isn't encryption at all, but it can be combined with encryption. Simple/public domain steganography techniques can be detected quite easily, if the interceptor expects a hidden message.

Pure steganography (just the hiding process) is security by obscurity, which is a bad practice. However, sometimes the combination of steganography and cryptography can be desirable, for example when you don't want anyone to know that a secret message has been sent at all. Interceptors won't be able to prove it, when they can't break the encryption.

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NO, it isn't safe at all and steganography is not encryption!

Encryption means that the method is known, but that's not a problem, the data can't be decrypted without a key. Bad luck for interceptors when a strong method and a strong key have been used. The message is useless for them.

Steganography means hiding data in other data and it relies on the method used to hide the data being unknown to interceptors! It isn't encryption at all, but it can be combined with encryption. Simple/public domain steganography techniques can be detected quite easily, if the interceptor expects a hidden message.

Pure steganography (just the hiding process) is security by obscurity, which is a bad practice. However, somtimes the combination of steganography and cryptography can be desirable, for example when you don't want anyone to know that a secret message has been sent at all. Interceptors won't be able to prove it, when they can't break the encryption.