Hiding and Scrambling Information

You explored the topics of techniques for hiding and scrambling information. Archived/temp data are a great source of e-evidence.

Identify at least three motivations for using steganography. Should all who use steganography be considered subversive or a danger to society?
Identify at least three ways in which steganography complicates forensic investigations, and explain why.
Provide support for those choices using credible sources form the internet or textbook
In preparing your response, include at least two source from professional or academic literature—such as articles from peer-reviewed journals and relevant textbooks. For this course, Wikipedia is not considered an academic or professional reference. Also, be sure to proofread and spellcheck your responses. All sources should be formatted using APA guidelines.

This should be 2 to 3 pages in length not including the title and reference pages.

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Motivations of Using Steganography

Steganography is an important technique in data transmission and encoding, allowing the exchange of information between parties without interception by unwanted parties. The main attraction of using this method to hide information is that persons who are unaware of its presence only get to interact with the main data item without detecting the data hidden within (Cheddad, et.al, 2010).

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