You say that this same technique could work in other types of files, such as JPEG and GIF files. Why is this the case?

Files such as JPEG or GIF files have tags similar to those in MP3 files. As long as the code can be hidden in tags like this, it is simple to add carb and cfrg resources that point to the code's location in the files.

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