Simple Text “Encryptions”

If you ever have the need to perform simple text encryption to, for example, “hide” text, send secret messages or just fool around, then here are a few resources you may be interested in:

While none of these should be considered secure, they are a very easy way to disguise the target message. These can be useful if you have a spreadsheet which contains login (although you should really use a password manager) or other sensitive information you don’t want easily readable.

If you can think of other practical uses for these types of simple text encryptions, please share in the comments.

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  1. Lorne /

    The whole Windows Live Platform is an absolute failure. Where is Outlook Express and MSN messenger8? Leave it to M$ to fix what did not need fixing.

    • Aaron Fournier /

      Whoa! Where did that come from? O.o

      By the way Jason, the links to “base64 encoder/decoder” and “text to binary” both go to the same site.

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