TL;DR: The idea is to use a set of ordinary JPEG images as a distributed medium for an encrypted container. The data is split into redundant fragments and distributed across the images, allowing the container to be recovered even if some of the JPEG files are lost. We will not examine the code; instead, we will focus only on the general principle behind the approach. Where the idea came from Most steganographic systems follow a "one image — one file" model. If the image is lost ...