Some Applications of Information Hiding

Some Applications of Information Hiding


Data hiding
-To provide private secret messages

Copyright protection

-To prove ownership

Copy control (fingerprinting)

-To trace illegal copies of data, image, etc.
-To include licence agreement

Data authentication

-To disallow the viewing/editing of data if the digital content is modified

Broadcast monitoring

-To use for commercial advertisement

Copy protection

-To control copying through device or other integrity checks