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iSteg

Version 1.6.2

Steganography encryption/decryption tool.

3.9
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iSteg overview

iSteg is a steganography encryption/decryption tool. Basically it means that you can hide a ZIP file or a .txt file in a jpeg picture and protect it with a password. iSteg is a frontend for outguess 0.2.

What’s new in version 1.6.2

Updated on May 06 2012

Version 1.6.2:
  • Interface improvements

Information

License

Free

Size

459 KB

Downloads

22371

App requirements

  • Intel 32
  • PPC 32
  • Mac OS X 10.5 or later
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mit200030
mit200030
May 22 2022
1.6.2
0.0
May 22 2022
0.0
Version: 1.6.2
Hi there this is a message for the developer or anyone really, I am downloading isteg onto a Mac Desktop, OS Big Sur version 11.6.6, it says the developer “iSteg” needs to be updated. The developer of this app needs to update it to work with this version of macOS. Contact the developer for more information. Here is the contact message, please respond when you see this please
JohnE7498
JohnE7498
Apr 6 2014
1.6.2
5.0
Apr 6 2014
5.0
Version: 1.6.2
Open source. Based on outguess 0.2 (not 2.0). Works as advertised.
andyg2845
andyg2845
Nov 19 2013
1.6.2
1.5
Nov 19 2013
1.5
Version: 1.6.2
hi very nice app, thanks.. but i dont know anything about the developer.. who are they.. ? are they harvesting all the txt files i choose to encript and the passwords i use.?
bbw7
bbw7
May 6 2012
1.6.2
5.0
May 6 2012
5.0
Version: 1.6.2
Just tried it out (ver. 1.6.2) and it works as advertised (on OS 10.6.8). Was able to read the decrypted output text file. One thing I did was make sure that I deleted the source text file input bar before changing to decoding as that looked like it could otherwise potentially be a problem. Also like the fact that documentation comes with the application and is accessible directly via the GUI. Two thumbs up for this, Developer. One slight improvement would be for the application to accept jpeg files with the ".jpeg" extension (as is only accepts files with the ".jpg" extension) -- a very small issue, to be sure. FTR, it appears that the MU description has a typo: the developer's site says it is a front end for Outguess 2.0 (not 0.2).
scharchris
scharchris
Apr 12 2011
1.6.1
3.0
Apr 12 2011
3.0
Version: 1.6.1
I went through the process to imbed a short message into a jpg photo and produced an output jpg file which I was able to open and all looked great. When I decoded it I produced a '.txt' file but was not able to open it I received the message " The document “output.txt” could not be opened. The file isn’t in the correct format. The file might be corrupted, truncated, or in an unexpected format. " Any idea what I am doing wrong?
Scottyo
Scottyo
Nov 7 2010
1.6.1
0.0
Nov 7 2010
0.0
Version: 1.6.1
This is a nice, straightforward application that correctly encoded and decoded a short (2736 bytes) Objective C source file I had lying around into a rather large (2.7 MB) .jpg. However, the .jpg side is a bit problematic. It apparently dropped the Profile that was embedded in the original jpg, changed the dpi from 180 to 72, dropped a number of other JFIF bits and bobs that I don't care about very much, and increased the file size (to 2.9 MB), while also introducing a small colour shift visible to the eye. Except for the colour shift, the output jpg appeared visually identical to the input jpg. It would be nice if it could re-attach the original Profile to the new .jpg, and maintain the dpi and any other "important" tags. I don't know whether this would cure the colour shift. I'd guess the file size is harder to maintain; I don't know much about the jpeg spec and common practice, and am not sure whether the original compression specs are recoverable from the input jpg. If they can be recovered, it would be nice if they were re-applied. I imagine the file size increase is at least partly due to the difference in compression specs. Given an understanding of the limitations, this appears to be a pretty useful application.
MichaelHaeusler
MichaelHaeusler
Nov 6 2010
1.6.1
5.0
Nov 6 2010
5.0
Version: 1.6.1
But since *appending* a zip archive to a JPEG is not steganography in the true meaning, I'll give it 5 stars. :)
MichaelHaeusler
MichaelHaeusler
Sep 6 2010
1.5
5.0
Sep 6 2010
5.0
Version: 1.5
This app only hides text inside an image file. It's not possible to hide actual files, archives, DMGs etc.
Werty
Werty
Nov 18 2009
1.5
0.0
Nov 18 2009
0.0
Version: 1.5
Is too bad that the developer dropped the project, it was a really nice app and it worked great in the past. Now with snow leopard it gives me some problems :S
Kiwiiano
Kiwiiano
Aug 10 2009
1.5
0.0
Aug 10 2009
0.0
Version: 1.5
Simple basic interface, should work a treat, but it stalled with my first attempt, possibly because the text file I wanted to encrypt was too long. I'm not sure. A Readme describing the options and limitations of the app with explanations of any cryptic alerts would be a big help. I'll keep trying, this could be a useful program.
JohnE7498
JohnE7498
Apr 6 2014
5.0
Apr 6 2014
5.0
Version: null
andyg2845
andyg2845
Nov 19 2013
1.5
Nov 19 2013
1.5
Version: null
bbw7
bbw7
May 6 2012
5.0
May 6 2012
5.0
Version: null
scharchris
scharchris
Apr 12 2011
3.0
Apr 12 2011
3.0
Version: null
MichaelHaeusler
MichaelHaeusler
Nov 6 2010
5.0
Nov 6 2010
5.0
Version: null
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