CuttleFish text envelopes: .avi format, DNA sequence .txt & more

CuttleFish - "envelopes" for text messages

Click here to download. Get the latest version of Java (tm), unzip CuttleFish, double-click the .jar file, and you are good to go.

  
    What is CuttleFish?
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    CuttleFish is a simple program that makes text messages unreadable to humans.
    CuttleFish does not use encryption. All it does is turn your messages into
    what looks like gibberish. It then puts this gibberish into a common file
    format, which serves as an "envelope" if you will. If a human opens such a 
    file in a standard program, he or she will see "garbage".
    
    This works also for many automated message scanners. Simple-minded scanners
    will "think" you made a mistake and created a bad file. 
    
    If you need strong privacy, encrypt your messages.

    CuttleFish is the text message equivalent of a birthday clown's magic trick.
    Distract people - and computers - while you do your clown thing.

    How to:
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    Enter or paste message text into this editor.
    
    Select a File Format from the drop-down. Saving or opening a file will always use the currently
    selected File Format.

    Save
    ====
    Save the contents of the editor window into one of the "envelope file" formats.
    
    Open
    ====
    Open an envelope file and read the contents into the editor window. If the window remains empty, check the File Format
    setting.

    Tell the recipient
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    Recipients of any of these files need CuttleFish to extract the message. There is no "marker" in the CuttleFish
    output files because you would not want a bad guy to look for a marker and go "ah, easy". If you share files
    with others, you need to tell them about it.
    
    
    The following formats are supported
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    (BETA) ".avi movie": the text is saved as a .avi movie and is displayed as a pink
    bouncy ball in case you play the movie in a movie player.
 
    "PDF .pdf": a file in portable document (pdf) format.
    
    "QR code .png": a Quick Response code .png file. Limit of 4200 characters.
    
    ".wav audio": a Wave audio file. Use CuttleFish to open a .wav message file.

    "empty .xml file": saves the message in "metadata" of an .xml file. The file
    is filled with unrelated text from a default template. Anybody reading the
    text will only see the adventures of Huck Finn. You can replace this file,
    which is an equivalent of "packing peanuts".
   
    "plain .png image": the message is saved in a plain image file.    
        
    "javascript .html": saves the message in the javascript section of an html file. 
    You can replace the default file with any file that has a javascript section.
    
    ".asp vb html": saves the message in an html file that has a Microsoft asp 
    vb script section.  You can replace the default file with any file that has such a section.

   "Java .jar file": saves the message in a Java (tm) .jar file. A template jar is 
    included in the package. You can replace it with any other .jar, but your
    replacement must have a manifest file with a "Main-class" entry.

   "DNA sequence .txt": turns your message into a "DNA sequence" using only the four
    basic building blocks ACGT. Mimicking of one or more common scientific formats 
    will be added.