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jdvrif – hide files within a JPG cover image

jdvrif is a pair of command-line tools to embed or extract any file. Post images on Mastodon, Reddit, Flickr and other hosting sites.

jdvin

jdvin is a steganography-like CLI tool to embed and hide any file type within a JPG image.

Compile and run jdvin (Linux):

$ g++ main.cpp -O2 -lz -s -o jdvin
$ ./jdvin

Usage: jdvin [-r]  
       jdvin --info

Post your file-embedded image on the following compatible sites.
*Image size limits(cover image + data file):

Limit measured by image + data file size: Flickr (200MB), *ImgPile (100MB), ImgBB (32MB), PostImage (32MB), *Reddit (20MB / requires -r option),
Limit measured by data file size: Mastodon (~6MB), Tumblr (~64KB), *X/Twitter (~10KB).

Arguments / options:

To post/share file-embedded JPG images on Reddit, you need to use the -r option.

-r = Reddit option, (jdvin -r cover_image.jpg data_file.doc).

*Reddit: Post/download images via the new.reddit.com desktop/browser site only.
Upload images to Reddit using the “Images & Video” tab/box.

*ImgPile – You must sign in to an account before sharing your data-embedded JPG image on this platform.
Sharing your image without logging in, your embedded data will not be preserved.

jdvout

jdvout is a steganography-like CLI tool to extract hidden data from a (jdvin) JPG image.

Compile and run jdvout (Linux):

$ g++ main.cpp -O2 -lz -s -o jdvout
$ ./jdvout

Usage: jdvout 
       jdvout --info

This is free and open source software.

Website: github.com/CleasbyCode/jdvrif
Support:
Developer: Nicholas Cleasby
License: MIT License

jdvrif is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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Nick.
Nick.
1 month ago

./jdvin

Usage: jdvin [-r] <cover_image> <data_file>
     jdvin –info

./jdvout

Usage: jdvout <file_embedded_image>
     jdvout –info

Program only support JPG, any mention of PNG in the article is a typo.