whitened

Another thing that was "whitened", or rather, polished: medieval armor.

My first thought along these lines is to also dump a whitened version of the provided entropy that might be more useful than the raw bits.

The flour is naturally whitened by ageing and there are naturally softer flours so no need to chemically alter them.

It does not "whiten" the data it tries to hide, so unless the data's already whitened, it could potentially stand out like a sore thumb when subjected to steganalysis.

I'd say communicating outside normal means would be "using a covert channel", and reserve "steganography" for such communication which has been whitened to resemble noise[1].Ah. I think I see where the confusion is coming from.

"In fact, companies are more than twice as likely to call minority applicants for interviews if they submit whitened resumes than candidates who reveal their race—and this discriminatory practice is just as strong for businesses that claim to value diversity as those that don’t.

I'd say communicating outside normal means would be "using a covert channel", and reserve "steganography" for such communication as has been whitened to resemble noise[1].Obviously tastes may differ, so someone else might call the former "steganography" and distinguish the latter as "deniable steganography", or at least "near-noise steganography".

I also found the following sentence strange:> That belief is partly why many Irish, Italian and Polish immigrants who came to America in the early 20th century whitened their children's names to avoid persecution and increase their chances of social mobility.> Tim Machuga is a software engineer who also knows what it's like to be black for a minute.