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by peter_l_downs 4666 days ago
Worth mentioning that truecrypt volumes can be hidden inside playable video files. Yes, it's security through obscurity, but hey, it makes me feel a little safer.

http://keyj.emphy.de/real-steganography-with-truecrypt/

2 comments

Mentioning a steganographic technique implies that you use it, negating the point.
Not completely. How many video files does he have? Where is it stored?

I'm curious now though, do Truecrypt volumes have a magic number, in which case it's still easy to find, or are they fully crypographically random in appearance, making this a known-needle in a large haystack problem?

Truecrypt claims an encrypted volume is indistinguishable from random data. I do not know if this is the case though. Obviously don't give it the file a stupid name or extension like "encryptedfiles.tc" or leave it open in your file history, etc.

It's also pretty suspicious if someone has a file of megabytes of random data.

*speaking hypothetically of course.
The file size will far exceed the normal size of the video - easily detectable.