Encryption has been used for as long as people have been talking and wishing to keep their communications secret. Examples range from trans- position cyphers used by the Spartan military to more modern techniques like DES and AES.
Nowadays people have not one, but dozens of passwords. It can be hard to remember them, and you might lose precious data when you forget them. With PixelCryptor you can encrypt your files and folders with the use of an image.
Nowadays people have not one, but dozens of passwords. It can be hard to remember them, and you might lose precious data when you forget them. With PixelCryptor you can encrypt your files and folders with the use of an image.
New in version 1.1:
• Added: Attribute support for files and folders
• Added: Ability to create a new folder in the package
• Added: Ability to automatically delete the original file/folders
• Added: Ability to add multiple files at once when creating package
• Added: Human readable header in the file format
• Changed: 32bit color requirement; lowered to 16bit color
• Solved: 2 second freeze when the crypting process starts
Download: PixelCryptor 1.1
Screenshot: Main | File selection | Encoding
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The problem with doing this is you have to keep the image file somewhere. This is no more secure than writing your password in a text file - As soon as somebody has the file, they have what they need to decrypt it.
Hmmm... pixels, does this mean that it will treat different types of lossless file formats (PNG, TIFF, ...) of the same picture as valid keys?
EDIT:
I've just tried it, and I see the difference now, - it really does use pixel information instead of the raw data.
Last edited by shtraue on 18 Jan 2008 - 21:05
Edit....
I downloaded from the creators web site directly and it works, but if I try to download it via download.com it doesn't work!
Both 1.0 and 1.1 should work under Windows 2000/XP and Vista.
You need .NET Framework 2.0.
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