Steganography

My technologies class had the assignment to learn a Steganography program.
Steganography is using cryptology to disguise information behind a picture. The program hides a color coded message within the picture, and uses a key to decode that message back into it's original format for the end recipient. Without the proper key, the coded message is un-decipherable.
I was able to learn a basic software program that does steganography. It was pretty interesting to discover the possibilities.

However, the program I used was too basic, and too tedious for a FM to use practically and effectively. Regarding teh FM industry, I don't think there would be a ton of use for such an application. At least not on a regular basis. However, if you were transmitting a confidential budget, or financial statement, that if it landed in the wrong hands, could be detrimental to your company, than it would be wise to code the information.
On a daily or even weekly basis, I wouldn't have need for such a program. It would need to be much more automated to be used correctly. I also don't work in an environment where our information is incredibly confidential. We are a relatively small invesment company.
Bottom line: cool tool, but in my experience, not entirely practical in the FM industry on a regular basis. I'm interested to learn more about it, and see if there are industry uses that I am not aware of.