A simple Python application that outputs the content of a file to the console

Aug 9, 2012 13:27 GMT  ·  By

Decrypt is a clever little application – developed in Python by Jouke Waleson – which allows you to make your friends/co-worker/boss believe that you are just as skilled as one of those hackers you see in Hollywood movies.

The application gradually outputs the content of a certain file to the console, making random characters “rain” on the screen.

As a use case, the author of the program recommends the following:

Recover some friend's hard drive (i.e.: he destroyed his mbr). After the "hard" work has been done, act like you are having a hard time and run some of his personal files through this program and ask if he recognizes the content. Awesomeness guaranteed.

A noteworthy aspect is that Decrypt is not memory efficient at all because it keeps the entire input in memory and because of the algorithm it utilizes.

Decrypt is available for download here