Method and apparatus for camouflaging of data, information and functional transformations

A computer program product residing on a non-transitory processor-readable medium and comprising processor-readable instructions configured to:

• represent, in digital form, a secret to be protected against unauthorized access, wherein the secret is retrievable using a correct password;
• represent the secret as a number of objects;
• store a composition function, wherein:
• the composition function is executable to generate a candidate secret using a candidate password and at least a subset of the number of objects;
• receive the candidate password from a user;
• and
• generate, using the candidate password, the candidate secret, wherein:
• the candidate secret matches the secret only if the candidate password matches the correct password;
• the candidate secret does not match the secret if the candidate password does not match the correct password;
• and
• the candidate secret when the candidate password matches the password and the candidate secret when the candidate password does not match the password have a common form.

An apparatus for camouflaging a secret, the apparatus comprising:

• means for representing, in digital form, the secret to be protected against unauthorized access, wherein the secret is retrievable using a correct password;
• means for representing said secret as a number of objects;
• and
• means for storing a composition function, wherein:
• the composition function is executable to generate a candidate secret using a candidate password and at least a subset of the number of objects;
• the candidate secret matches the secret only if the candidate password matches the correct password;
• the candidate secret does not match the secret if the candidate password does not match the correct password;
• and
• the candidate secret when the candidate password matches the password and the candidate secret when the candidate password does not match the correct password have a common form.