CREATİON OF SECRET İNFORMATİON CHANNELS THROUGH IMAGE STEGANOGRAPHY

The Internet not only provides us with the ease of contact, but also some security risks, such as stealing our confidential data. Therefore, some important information needs to be hidden during our communication. The use of messaging platforms and social networks in daily life for the purpose of information exchange, image containers can be one of the most way for hiding information. Note that the methods of hiding information in images call image steganography. This article also considers the creation of secret channels on messaging platforms and social networks for the exchange of confidential information using image steganography. For transmission of confidential data, we offer to use Facebook, Google, WhatsApp, Telegram, Line, Viber, Messenger. Keywords: confidential data, Image steganography, Facebook, Google, Whatsapp, Telegram, Messenger.