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by KETHERCORTEX 956 days ago
> Tl;dr: Stenography just helps with obfuscation as long as no-one is looking for it. The second someone looks it'll fail, and if it becomes a common practice; everyone will look for it.

Not if the obfuscated payload is encrypted using end to end methods. This way obfuscated layer starts to look like trash.

To decrypt such a message you need to seize the control over message receiving computer with user and no encryption has protection from this.