A team of scientists recently discovered a way to send encoded text messages through evaporated vodka. The study – a collaborative effort between researchers at both York University and the University ...

A 21-year-old Oxford University computer science student and former Google intern has released a Google Chrome browser extension this week that allows you to encode images uploaded to Facebook with ...

Quite often, when a sender sends a mail to us via Outlook, we do not see the message but some unreadable characters. If you regularly see some strange or incorrect characters in your Outlook mail, ...

The following is an excerpt from It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, by danah boyd. Children love to experiment with encoding messages. From pig latin to invisible ink pens, ...

A browser extension called Secretbook allows anyone using Google Chrome to secretly embed a message in a JPEG image uploaded to Facebook. The contents of the 140 character message can only be viewed ...

In a new approach to security that unites technology and art, E researchers have combined silver nanostructures with polarized light to yield a range of brilliant colors, which can be used to encode ...

Encoders are a vital component in many applications that require motion control and feedback information. Whether a system’s requirement is speed, direction, or distance, an encoder produces control ...

Aiming to enhance the interface between chemistry, biology, and information technology, a research team has developed a technique to encode messages in patterns of bacteria and reveal them through ...

How to Encode a Secret Message in a Fingerprint | RealClearScienceAnalyzing fingerprints found at the scene of the crime is a classic way to identify a criminal who has accidentally left behind his or ...

As part of our contribution to Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’re making today Encryption Awareness Day here at TechPolicyDaily.com. Encryption is a key aspect of cybersecurity. Indeed, it is hard ...