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Discuss steganography as it relates to computer technology and security

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Generally, steganography is the technique using which we can hide the data secretly using technological means. Thus the data is hidden secretly in an ordinary and non-secret file or messages for avoiding detection and passing messages secretly, these messages are then extracted at the destination. Thus steganography using computer technology is aimed at security using the computing means to hide and protect the data using steganography.

The steganography is used for concealing information and hiding it in all types of digital content and data such as text messages, images, audio or even video files, thus the data can be hidden in the digital content. The steganography is used to hide the text in the digital medium and the data is often encrypted before it is being concealed in the file. The data is extracted and decrypted at the receiver end and then the message is read and used.