A system and method for providing secure private electronic communications. An exemplary method includes encrypting a hidden message using an encryption scheme; encoding the encrypted hidden message in a source message; providing the source message having the encoded hidden message by a first electronic device; and transmitting a decryption key to a second electronic device. Moreover, the second electronic device can capture the encoded hidden message provided by the first electronic device, decode the hidden message, and extract the hidden message using the decryption key so that the hidden message can be rendered by the second electronic device.