Covert watermarking of digital documents
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Master's thesis
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2024-09-02
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Security and Cloud Computing
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SCI3113
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Master's Programme in Security and Cloud Computing
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en
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83
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Abstract
Covert watermarking is a security and privacy-related technique for subtly embedding a concealed identifier into a digital document that is not easily perceptible to human senses but can be retrieved by those with the right tools and knowledge. In this study, we use this technique to watermark personalized copies of PDF and printed documents to track information leaks online. This is to discourage the unauthorized sharing of company-confidential memos, documents with customers' personal information, etc. The study involves surveying existing tools, devising a robust watermark method, and embedding bit strings into documents through spacing modifications. Evaluation includes comparing original and modified documents, detecting encoded information, and measuring the accuracy and error rate by comparing Levinshtein distance. Furthermore, strategies are proposed to ensure the watermark’s resilience against printing-and-scanning, and screenshotting.Description
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Aura, TuomasThesis advisor
Dragoni, NicolaKeywords
watermarking, steganography, information hiding, encoding, decoding, image processing