File encryption

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A while ago I wrote a neat little program which encrypts a text file and turns it into a bunch of numbers that can only be turned back into text with the right key. I'll upload it once I get to my other computer. I was just thinking, why don't we use that for spoilers? We could all agree on a code, and then whenever we post a spoiler, we just encrypt it?
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Oh, I just remembered, it might be able to encrypt normal files too, but be warned, a moderately large file can become gigabytes of data.

http://www.snapdrive.net/qs/dc62c289537b

(looks at source)

Yep, any kind of byte data. I'm not too sure of the strength of the cipher, so don't sue me if something gets stolen with my encryption algorithms. And don't download it if you live outside the US either. There's laws against giving encryption programs to foreign countries.

72 hours people.

(looks at source again)
Whoops! It uses the ASCII value of the letters in the document so I guess it probably won't work with anything but a textfile. Glad I caught that before somebody ruined something important.
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For spoilers we could just rot13.
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(starts writing rot13 program)
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TrueCrypt
is amazing and linux and windows compatible
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Yeah, but I didn't make it.
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