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Picocrypt

-Picocrypt is a very small (hence Pico), very simple, yet very secure encryption tool that you can use to protect your files, generate checksums, shred files, and much more. It's designed to be the go-to tool for encryption, with a focus on security, simplicity, and reliability. Picocrypt uses the secure XChaCha20 cipher and the SHA3 hash function to provide a high level of security, even from three-letter agencies like the NSA. It's designed for maximal security, making absolutely no compromises security-wise, and is built with Go's standard x/crypto modules. Your privacy and security are under attack. Take it back with confidence by protecting your files with Picocrypt. +Picocrypt is a very small (hence Pico), very simple, yet very secure encryption tool that you can use to protect your files, generate checksums, shred files, and much more. It's designed to be the go-to tool for encryption, with a focus on security, simplicity, and reliability. Picocrypt uses the secure XChaCha20 cipher and the SHA3 hash function to provide a high level of security, even from three-letter agencies like the NSA. It's designed for maximal security, making absolutely no compromises security-wise, and is built with Go's standard x/crypto modules. Your privacy and security is under attack. Take it back with confidence by protecting your files with Picocrypt.

Picocrypt

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Please donate to Picocrypt on Ope Important: There's an outdated and useless piece of abandonware called PicoCrypt on the Internet, which was last updated in 2005. PicoCrypt is not related in any way to Picocrypt (this project). Make sure you only download Picocrypt from the official website or this repository to ensure that you get the authentic and backdoor-free Picocrypt. ## Windows -Picocrypt for Windows is as simple as it gets. To download the latest, standalone, and portable executable for Windows, click here. If Windows Defender or your antivirus flags Picocrypt as a virus, please do your part and submit it as a false positive. +Picocrypt for Windows is as simple as it gets. To download the latest, standalone, and portable executable for Windows, click here. If Windows Defender or your antivirus flags Picocrypt as a virus, please do your part and submit it as a false positive for the betterment of everyone. ## macOS Picocrypt for macOS is very simple as well. Download Picocrypt here, extract the zip file, and run Picocrypt which is inside. If you can't open Picocrypt because it's not from a verified developer, right click on Picocrypt and hit "Open". If you still get the warning, right click on Picocrypt and hit "Open" again and you should be able to start Picocrypt. @@ -25,45 +25,51 @@ Why should you use Picocrypt instead of BitLocker, NordLocker, VeraCrypt, AxCryp -# Instructions -Picocrypt is a very simple tool, and most users will intuitively understand how to use it in a few seconds. There are some advanced options, however, that you may use. +Still not convinced? See below for even more reasons why Picocrypt stands out from the rest. + +# Features +Picocrypt is a very simple tool, and most users will intuitively understand how to use it in a few seconds. On a base level, simply dropping your files, entering a password, and hitting Start is all that's needed to encrypt your files. Pretty simple, right? + +While being simple, Picocrypt also strives to be powerful in the hands of knowledgeable and advanced users. Thus, there are some additional options that you may use to suit your needs. +In addition to these options for encryption and decryption, Picocrypt also provides a secure file shredder and a checksum generator. + # Security For more information on how Picocrypt handles cryptography, see Internals for the technical details. If you're worried about the safety of me or this project, let me assure you that this repository won't be hijacked or backdoored. I have 2FA (TOTP) enabled on all accounts with a tie to Picocrypt (GitHub, Google, Reddit, Discord, etc.), in addition to full-disk encryption on all of my portable devices. For further hardening, Picocrypt uses my "offline" forks of dependencies and I fetch upstream only when I have taken a look at the changes and believe that there aren't any security issues. You can feel confident about using Picocrypt. -# Roadmap -See Roadmap for a list of new features and improvements that I'm considering. - # Community -Here's some places where you can see the latest news about Picocrypt and get involved: +Here are some places where you can stay up to date with Picocrypt and get involved: -Only trust these social networks and be aware of scammers and hackers that might try to impersonate me and get you to download malicious software. +I highly recommend you join Picocrypt's subreddit because all updates and polls will be posted there. Remember to only trust these social networks and be aware of hackers that might try to impersonate me. I will never ask you for your password, and anyone who does is not me. I will never tell you to download a file from a suspicious link, and anyone who does is not me. # Stargazers +How's Picocrypt doing? Take a look below to find out. [![Stargazers over time](https://starchart.cc/HACKERALERT/Picocrypt.svg)](https://starchart.cc/HACKERALERT/Picocrypt) # Contribution -If you find a bug or have a feature request, please create an Issue. I'm open to collaborators, and all Issues and PRs are appreciated. If you find a security issue, please follow the instructions here to report it. +If you find a bug or have a feature request, please contact me or create an Issue. I'm open to collaborators and all sorts of contributions are appreciated. If you find a security issue, please follow the instructions here to report it. If you are multilingual and you know a language in which Picocrypt hasn't been translated into yet, I would love to have your help translating this page as well as Picocrypt's interface. The more languages, the more welcoming! # Donations -If you find Picocrypt useful, please consider supporting me on Patreon. As I'm providing this software completely free of charge, I would love to have some supporters that will motivate me to continue my work on Picocrypt. +If you find Picocrypt useful, please consider supporting me on Patreon. I'm providing this software completely free of charge, and would love to have some supporters that will motivate me to continue my work on Picocrypt. # Thank You's A thank you from the bottom of my heart to my fellow supporters on Patreon: @@ -77,7 +83,7 @@ And to people on Open Collective who made a significant contribution: You are the people that inspire me to work on Picocrypt and provide it free of charge to everyone! -Also a huge thanks to the following list of five people, who were the first people to donate and support Picocrypt: +Also a huge thanks to the following list of five people, who were the first to donate and support Picocrypt: