Introducing a very simple yet rarely known method of securing textual information: whitespace steganography hide text. This technique allows you to hide a text file inside another text using only spaces, tabs, and line breaks—making it nearly invisible. In just a few easy steps, you can transmit sensitive data discreetly and effectively.

Hide

Step 1

Open command prompt and create a text file to where ever location you want. Or create a text file using windows GUI (in this example we have created our text file with name raj.txt and saved it to the Desktop). 

Step 2

Go to the location where the file has been saved and use “type” command to view the content of the file. 

Step 3

Then, comes the main step of hiding secret information. A hidden / confidential file is now been created through Echo command and the confidential information is being saved in it.

Syntax: echo <Secret/confidential message> > host text file (raj.txt in our case) : <secret file name (secret.txt as shown below)>

We have saved our confidential file (secret.txt) containing confidential data within our host file (raj.txt)

Unhide

Step 4

To view the content of this hidden file, we need to use the following command after entering into the directory containing host file (raj.txt)

Syntax : start .<host file(raj.txt)> : <confidential file(secret.txt>

Whitespace steganography offers a subtle method to hide text within documents by manipulating spaces, tabs, and line breaks. As a result, this technique allows for covert communication without altering the visible content, making detection challenging. Nevertheless, it’s important to use such methods responsibly and be aware of their ethical implications.

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