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Whitespace steganography
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The program snow is used to conceal messages in ASCII text by
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appending whitespace to the end of lines. Because spaces and tabs are
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generally not visible in text viewers, the message is effectively
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hidden from casual observers. And if the built-in encryption is used,
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the message cannot be read even if it is detected.
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What's in a name?
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snow exploits the steganographic nature of whitespace. Locating
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trailing whitespace in text is like finding a polar bear in a
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snowstorm (which, by the way, explains the logo). And it uses the ICE
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encryption algorithm, so the name is thematically consistent.
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