New technology to encode messages in Facebook pics

A new technology will now enable Facebook users to encode secret messages in the pictures they upload. Oxford University student and former Google intern Owen-Campbell Moore created the software titled 'Secretbook'.

By:ANI
| Updated on: Apr 12 2013, 23:43 IST

A new technology will now enable Facebook users to encode secret messages in the pictures they upload.

Oxford University student and former Google intern Owen-Campbell Moore created the software titled 'Secretbook'.

All the user has to do is download the plugin, refresh his Facebook page, and hit Ctrl+Alt+A. A dialogue box will appear which allows the user to upload an image with an encoded message.

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The plugin is only available on Google Chrome. Moore said he built it in Chrome to preserve users' privacy.

Running it through a web browser means users can't be detected by Facebook's network analysis, he said.

The technology creates a brand new security threat, as miscreants could potentially use the app to share plans.

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First Published Date: 12 Apr, 23:40 IST
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