darkceptor44 / cipher-py

Encryption/Decryption utility for .txt files

Disclaimer: This is not the most secure tool on the planet, it's simply a personal project for passing time and probably won't work against an actual attacker with bad intentions.

Cipher

Encrypts and Decrypts any .txt file in the current directory when a password is provided (unless the names of the files are specified in the EXCEPTIONS array). Useful to hide text from people with either physical or remote access to your machine (as long as they're not actual attackers), you can use for diaries (just an example).

How to use

1. Download cipher.py to your machine.
2. Open a command prompt on the directory where cipher.py is:
3. Type python , press Enter, type import os; os.urandom(16) , press Enter and copy the line that shows up (it looks like b'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' )
4. Open cipher.py and look for line 8 where it says SALT = b'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' , then just paste that line you copied after the = .
5. Save it and run it to encrypt the .txt files that are in the same directory.

Notes

• You can use any password on encryption but if you try to decrypt with a different password than you used it's gonna give an error.
• I recommend use of auto-py-to-exe to compile .py in .exe which makes it harder for someone to see the code.

Download

If you don't care about the security of generating your own salt then you can download a version that comes with a pre-generated salt, links are on the Releases tab.

This script is meant for less tech-savvy people as it's not highly advanced but can be modified to whatever you need