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# qbitos{steno}

Steganographic whitespace codec with encode/decode/strip pipeline.

## Compliance Root

- Canonical policy: `https://github.com/qbitOS/compliance`
- Canonical policy URL: https://github.com/qbitOS/compliance

## Cross-Implementation Path

`DAC -> Iron Line -> Prefixes -> Quantum Gutter -> .qbit -> preflight`

## Control Envelope

`DAC/Prefix/Steno/Iron-Line/Preflight/search-history controls`

## Integration Targets

- `qbitos-dac`
- `qbitos-quantum-prefixes`
- `qbitos-prefix-engine`
- `qbitos-preflight`
- `qbit`