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Hiding text in images – Steganography
Hiding text in images – Steganography Who would have thought that it was easy to hide text in an image file. At first, I didn’t and then I realized it was exactly what I was looking for in a recent project I was working on. A way to hide information in plain sight. I remember as a kid, using simple encoding and decoding schemes to share messages with friends. With out a computer, it was a real pain. ‘A’ would be represented by a 1, ‘B’ would be a 2, ‘C’ would be a 3 and so on. One standard technique is leveraging the Least Significant Bit of the pixels that are in the image. In the end, I needed some simple functions to accomplish
Just for Fun – Live backgrounds on Windows 11
Just for Fun – Live backgrounds on Windows 11 For ages, I’ve been on the hunt for live wallpapers for Windows that don’t send my CPU into meltdown mode. Most of the ones I tried were more like productivity killers than cool background vibes. But then, I discovered Lively, and everything changed. This nifty little tool has my favorite Matrix-inspired background (seriously, it’s like a tech dream come true), and it’s a breeze to install and uninstall. Even better? It actually works without turning my laptop into a hot plate. Now, don’t get me wrong—there are moments when I notice it tugging at my system a bit. But hey, I’m running a Surface Laptop Studio with an Intel i7-11370H, 32 GB of RAM, and a
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