Steganography is a misnomer for this kind of message. Steganography is about maximizing data payload while remaining undetectable. E.g., you want to send messag

Steganography is a misnomer for this kind of message. Steganography is about maximizing data payload while remaining undetectable. E.g., you want to send messages covertly without Big Brother knowing. Watermarking is about maintaining message integrity in ways that are robust to distortion. E.g., you don't care who knows about the message, but it's impossible to remove the watermark without unacceptable distortion of the media.