"Snow" pic.twitter.com/l9G7ZqyF2G
— OIOIIOOIXIII (@oioiiooixiii) February 15, 2018⁴ How uninspired do you have to be to write "Germany" in faux Hangul script and stick it down the front of a racesuit 4 times. This is truly their worst. The blank one in 2010 was sublime in comparison. pic.twitter.com/rwuG1a8yOK
— OIOIIOOIXIII (@oioiiooixiii) February 18, 2018
#!/bin/bash
# Demo implementation of reversible image obfuscation for lossy file formats
# (jpeg), based on ImageMagick[6] command chains.
#
# USAGE: imageMask.sh ['hide'/'recover'] ['image']
# (Images cropped to multiples of 64 in this implementation.)
#
# * See 'NOTES' at bottom of script for further information and ideas.
#
# N.B. Regarding cryptography: reversible by brute force, edge-analysis ,etc.
# Designed for privacy from casual scanning (human/machine). Inspired by
# previously developed image masking systems: (GMask, JMask, VideoCrypt, etc.)
#
# Source: https://oioiiooixiii.blogspot.com
# Version: 2018.02.19.05.02.27
function obsfucate() # Takes: 'filename', 'width', and 'height'
{
local width="$2" height="$3"
# Crop into 64x64 blocks, rotate 90 degrees, and negate 1/4.
# Tile blocks in reversed image orientation (Height x Width).
# Crop into 16x16 blocks, rotate 90 degrees, and negative 1/4.
# Tile blocks in reversed image orientation (Height x Width).
# One extra 'rotate' at end to return to original orientation.
convert "$1" -crop 64x64 -rotate 90 \
\( +repage -region 32x32+0+0 -negate \) miff:- \
| montage miff:- -mode concatenate \
-tile "$((height/64))"x"$((width/64))" miff:- \
| convert miff:- -crop 16x16 -rotate 90 \
\( +repage -region 8x8+0+0 -negate \) miff:- \
| montage miff:- -mode concatenate \
-tile "$((height/16))"x"$((width/16))" miff:- \
| convert miff:- -rotate 90 ${1%.*}_HIDDEN.jpg
}
function deobfuscate() # Takes: 'filename', 'width', and 'height'
{
local width="$3" height="$2"
# width,height values swapped, 270 rotate to match 'obfuscate' re-orientation
convert "$1" -rotate 270 -crop 64x64 -rotate 270 \
\( +repage -region 32x32+0+32 -negate \) miff:- \
| montage miff:- -mode concatenate \
-tile "$((height/64))"x"$((width/64))" miff:- \
| convert miff:- -crop 16x16 -rotate 270 \
\( +repage -region 8x8+8+8 -negate \) miff:- \
| montage miff:- -mode concatenate \
-tile "$((height/16))"x"$((width/16))" ${1%.*}_RECOVERED.jpg
}
function main()
{
local width="$(identify -format "%w" "$2")"
local height="$(identify -format "%h" "$2")"
# Crude method of making the image dimensions multiples of 64
if [[ "$((width%64))" -gt 0 || "$((height%64))" -gt 0 ]]
then
local width="$(((width/64)*64))"
local height="$(((height/64)*64))"
convert "$2" -crop "$width"x"$height"+0+0 +repage "${2%.*}_CROPPED.png"
local filename="${2%.*}_CROPPED.png"
fi
[[ "$1" == "hide" ]] && obsfucate "${filename:-$2}" "$width" "$height"
[[ "$1" == "recover" ]] && deobfuscate "${filename:-$2}" "$width" "$height"
}
main "$@"
exit
### NOTES ###################################################################
# The command chain 'algorithm' demonstrated here, is just one particular way of
# rearranging an image, using rotation, negation, and altering aspect ratios.
# More complex chaining as well as extra measures will result in more obscurity.
# Saving files at interim stage and reordering blocks allows for greater
# manipulation and security (e.g. unique block ordering based on pass phrases).
#
# Advantages and uses: survives rescaling and re-compression, with minimal
# additional losses due to principles of DCT quantisation. It allows for images
# to be stored on-line using public/private 'cloud' services that destroy
# cryptographic information by rescaling/compressing the image. Reversible via
# alternate means (e.g. Python PIL etc.) if software becomes unavailable.
# Cons: Relatively slow, cumbersome, non-dynamic way to browse images.
#
# A side-effect of the procedure is the removal of EXIF information from the
# image, thus no need for including the '-strip' argument such was desired.
download: imageMask.sh
how-to #1: http://www.analyticsforfun.com/2014/04/how-to-move-your-blog-from-tumblr-to.htmlThe procedures in those links leave the images hosted on Tumblr, and also strip the 'source' URLs to content from each post. The bash snippets included here successfully fix these issues, with only a few potential flaws that can be easily cleaned up manually. It would have been more proper to create the XML files from scratch, or at least manipulate the resultant XML objects directly. This was something contemplated during but was abandoned for simple Bash (sed et al.). Some alternate XML manipulation instructions are listed below
how-to #2: https://yourbusiness.azcentral.com/import-tumblr-blogger-10881.html
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