Ask HN: Encryption using normal English paragraphs?

1 ActorNightly 5 7/21/2025, 4:04:51 PM

I remember seeing a post about an encryption method where the encrypted text is composed of a paragraph that reads like normal english.

Anyone know what Im referring to? I can't seem to find it anymore.

Comments (5)

ahazred8ta · 1d ago

A rudimentary form: https://www.fourmilab.ch/javascrypt/stego.html

ActorNightly · 7h ago

Close, but this one was generating like real sounding paragraphs from a book instead of garbage english.

ahazred8ta · 5h ago

There are several versions of "text steganography" with markov chain word sekection.

http://jthuraisamy.github.io/markovTextStego.js/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20889881

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=text+steganography+markov&ia=web

ActorNightly · 5h ago

The markov text one was exactly the one I was looking for. Thanks.

pavel_lishin · 1d ago

Doesn't ring a bell, but if you're searching around, "steganography" would be a good keyword to add.

Is the use of Emojis in the code and console recommended?

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Ask HN: Encryption using normal English paragraphs?

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