Well I say don't underestimate the criminals mind. There's nothing surprising about criminals taking advantage in using steganography. If it brings benefits to them, they would definitely try it. Anyone has potential to become a crimal which makes it not impossible for certain criminals to know how to use steganography. Although expert Schneier dismisses the idea, there's still a chance that he may be wrong. After all, experts are still humans and no matter how good they are at what they are doing, they bound to make mistakes one way or another, sooner or later.
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Well I say don't underestimate the criminals mind. There's nothing surprising about criminals taking advantage in using steganography. If it brings benefits to them, they would definitely try it. Anyone has potential to become a crimal which makes it not impossible for certain criminals to know how to use steganography. Although expert Schneier dismisses the idea, there's still a chance that he may be wrong. After all, experts are still humans and no matter how good they are at what they are doing, they bound to make mistakes one way or another, sooner or later.