Random idea -> Data to Images

[JmZ]

I meant a data -> img converter m8 not converter+encryptor . However it would still be fairly easy because - encrypted or not - all you need to do is write bytes to pixels.

Normal: data -> get bytes -> write pixels
Protected: (data -> encrypt) -> get bytes -> write pixels

The algorithms you named have implementations in most major languages so there's no need for re-inventing the wheel which makes encrypting fairly easy. Just a matter of calling a few methods.

I know you're not looking into encryption here, im just saying other commercially available apps that do this do.

They don't just encrypt the data though, they shuffle it around and garble it. Otherwise it can be picked up with steganography scanners.

For a simple app though, converting it would be fine. Encryption isn't really needed for this use.

Though I personally would prefer to download a few massive files than a load of steg'd images.

JmZ Reviewed by JmZ on 7th Jan 2010. Random idea -> Data to Images Well I'm in the process of learning a new functional programming language called F#. One of the first things people tend to do when learning a new programming language is write little, often completely useless, programs to test and verify their knowledge of the language. Same with me. Since F# is very good with processing raw data I decided to make a data to image transcoder. So the program would read data (a file) and generate an image out of that data in a way that makes it possible to Rating: 5