Decrypt.py: Act like a decrypting hacker on tv • Hacker News Board

Re: Decrypt.py: Act like a decrypting hacker on tv

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Post by jtwaleson » Wed, Aug 08, 2012, 10:14 AM UTC

moreati wrote: post #14

aaronpk wrote: post #2

Screenshots please!

Quick and dirty screencast http://youtu.be/DoDoOtlomsM

I just added this to the readme on github. Thanks!

Re: Decrypt.py: Act like a decrypting hacker on tv

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Post by jtwaleson » Wed, Aug 08, 2012, 10:15 AM UTC

walrus wrote: post #7

thirsteh wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

wget https://raw.github.com/jtwaleson/decrypt/master/decrypt.py ; chmod +x decrypt.py; ls -la | ./decrypt.py It doesn't bite.

It's also super short, so you can easily glance over the source code to make sure it's not doing anything shady (it's not).

Yes, make sure you inspect it before executing... If someone hijacks my github account, puts on some bad code and you run this, you're screwed.

Re: Decrypt.py: Act like a decrypting hacker on tv

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Post by robertskmiles » Wed, Aug 08, 2012, 11:11 AM UTC

Fun with jp2a and the images from the Curiosity rover. You can act like you're intercepting the signal or something.

Re: Decrypt.py: Act like a decrypting hacker on tv

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Post by DigitalSea » Wed, Aug 08, 2012, 11:19 AM UTC

This is quite possibly one of the coolest Python scripts I have ever seen. I'm going all the way to Hollywood baby.

Re: Decrypt.py: Act like a decrypting hacker on tv

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Post by andypants » Wed, Aug 08, 2012, 12:25 PM UTC

dag11 wrote: post #40

lr--rw-rwx wrote: post #21

and here a virus in action ... http://pastebin.com/EZRWHKzn ;)

After commenting out line 20, this is actually pretty awesome.

What does it do? (The whole thing, and line 20 specifically)

Re: Decrypt.py: Act like a decrypting hacker on tv

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Post by wtfisthiscrap » Wed, Aug 08, 2012, 12:59 PM UTC

Isn't this a bit too useless? I could have made this in about an hour (with colors!). Why should this be on hacker news?

Re: Decrypt.py: Act like a decrypting hacker on tv

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Post by raphman » Wed, Aug 08, 2012, 1:19 PM UTC

andypants wrote: post #45

dag11 wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After commenting out line 20, this is actually pretty awesome.

What does it do? (The whole thing, and line 20 specifically)

It prints colored 0s and 1s all over your terminal window. Nothing else. Line 20 (the 'trap sig_int_trap SIGINT') disables Ctrl-C. You want to comment this out.

Re: Decrypt.py: Act like a decrypting hacker on tv

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Post by raphman » Wed, Aug 08, 2012, 1:28 PM UTC

cutie wrote: post #12

kbojody wrote: post #5

Maybe I don't watch enough television but I don't think I've ever seen this effect in any TV show or movie. Anyone know of a show that did this?

I seem to remember something similar in Wargames from the 80's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k1aztBGnWc#t=1h38m00s

Re: Decrypt.py: Act like a decrypting hacker on tv

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Post by cutie » Wed, Aug 08, 2012, 5:51 PM UTC

raphman wrote: post #48

cutie wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I seem to remember something similar in Wargames from the 80's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k1aztBGnWc#t=1h38m00s

Thanks, I did look for this scene but couldn't find it. "Whole movie" indeed. So... why did some clown downvote my comment?

Re: Decrypt.py: Act like a decrypting hacker on tv

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Post by NeilBryant » Wed, Aug 08, 2012, 7:59 PM UTC

damncabbage wrote: post #34

moreati wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Quick and dirty screencast http://youtu.be/DoDoOtlomsM

Thanks to you (and your terminal output), I'm now in the middle of reading "Street-Fighting Mathematics". :) http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/full_pdfs/Street-Fighting_Math...

I like how you think--that name was the thing that stood out to me, too; and you saved me a quick web search =]