Comments on: How To Hide Your Torrent Files Inside Pictures http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-hide-your-torrent-files-inside-pictures/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Versatile http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-hide-your-torrent-files-inside-pictures/#comment-398943 Versatile Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:14:39 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=21789#comment-398943 I like the concept, but it will never become useful. It is just a novelty concept. I like the concept, but it will never become useful. It is just a novelty concept.

]]> By: Nura http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-hide-your-torrent-files-inside-pictures/#comment-398822 Nura Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:40:37 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=21789#comment-398822 I think, in case I need to hide a file, I can just rename a file - change the file extension to .jpg or whatever and it's done. Why people need this hid.im at all? Explain me, I don't understand. I think, in case I need to hide a file, I can just rename a file – change the file extension to .jpg or whatever and it’s done. Why people need this hid.im at all?
Explain me, I don’t understand.

]]> By: Simon Slangen http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-hide-your-torrent-files-inside-pictures/#comment-398804 Simon Slangen Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:06:43 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=21789#comment-398804 Of course steganography isn't the main purpose, it just creates a format that's way easier to handle. Of course steganography isn’t the main purpose, it just creates a format that’s way easier to handle.

]]> By: j0nny http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-hide-your-torrent-files-inside-pictures/#comment-398773 j0nny Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:54:47 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=21789#comment-398773 This is an awesome concept, the only problem is now everyone will know that a png file that looks like a rectangle of electronic noise will have a 99.9% chance of being a torrent file. Now making any image file a torrent file using this technology, that would be brilliant! This is an awesome concept, the only problem is now everyone will know that a png file that looks like a rectangle of electronic noise will have a 99.9% chance of being a torrent file. Now making any image file a torrent file using this technology, that would be brilliant!

]]> By: Sun M http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-hide-your-torrent-files-inside-pictures/#comment-398772 Sun M Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:51:07 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=21789#comment-398772 See Steganography. Anyway I've read about this before and my opinion is still the same: this can never be successful because the more people know about it, the more this supposed 'secrecy' disappears, which kinda defeats the purpose. And we need a perfectly normal image, not a torrent file I can spot from 10m away. The thing is, we already have a perfect way to hide our files, not just torrent files. Called combining a JPEG file and a .rar/.zip file, and it works on both Windows and Linux. MUCH more versatile, nearly impossible to detect (just needs some social work), and incredibly simple. Verdict: useless. Friggin' useless. See Steganography.

Anyway I’ve read about this before and my opinion is still the same: this can never be successful because the more people know about it, the more this supposed ‘secrecy’ disappears, which kinda defeats the purpose. And we need a perfectly normal image, not a torrent file I can spot from 10m away.

The thing is, we already have a perfect way to hide our files, not just torrent files. Called combining a JPEG file and a .rar/.zip file, and it works on both Windows and Linux. MUCH more versatile, nearly impossible to detect (just needs some social work), and incredibly simple.

Verdict: useless. Friggin’ useless.

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