METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRIVATELY AND SECURELY SHARING INFORMATION USING PUBLIC SOCIAL OR SHARING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

摘要

A method of securely storing and sharing information through socia! networking websites is disclosed. The method makes it possible to proscribe image data that retains information even through the JPEG compression process typically used in social networking sites. This embedding technique is coupled with encryption and information salting techniques to buitd a robust information encoding technique to store arbitrary, sensitive data in images. The invention further incorporates methods of permitting advertising through the information sharing process.