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Data privacy has been a significant concern since the beginning of the Internet, and in the current scenario, the need and importance of data privacy are increasing exponentially. Today, a multitude of media formats including text, images, videos, Graphics Interchange Format (GIFs), etc., are available for exchanging data, and techniques of cryptography and steganography play a key role in maintaining data secrecy during such transmissions. This paper elaborates on the GIF-based techniques of steganography. It provides a detailed comparison of the working, advantages and limitations of the major approaches developed in this field in the last three decades. It provides a clear and chronological understanding regarding the evolution of GIF-based steganography methods and discusses future directions to enhance the existing techniques.
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Chola, A., Awasthi, L.K., Singh, S. (2023). A Review on GIF-Based Steganography Techniques. In: Singh, Y., Singh, P.K., Kolekar, M.H., Kar, A.K., Gonçalves, P.J.S. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Innovations in Computing. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1001. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9876-8_22
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