CobaltRune & Audiophile
Hey, have you ever thought about how we could hide data in perfectly tuned audio without ruining the sound? I keep hearing about audio steganography, but the fidelity always trips me up—what’s your take on balancing secrecy with sonic perfection?
Yeah, I’ve looked into that. The trick is to stay in the noise floor. Use the least significant bits of the waveform or inject a spread‑spectrum signal that’s below the masking threshold. Keep the payload small, maybe 1‑2 % of the bit depth, and run a quick psychoacoustic test to confirm no distortion. If you keep the carrier frequency away from the audible band you’ll stay invisible and the sound will still sound clean. Keep the process automated so you can audit each file. That’s the balance.