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Show HN: AES Cypher – Mac encryption with batch password testing

http://aescypher.com/
1•oryxandcake•1h ago
Hi! I built AES Cypher to help me try lots of password variations when i couldnt remember exactly what the password was.

Instead of manually trying each password, AES Cypher lets you load a text file with your common passwords and automatically tests them. When it finds the right one, it shows you which password worked.

It's not a password cracker. This only works if the correct password is in your list. But if you have a rough idea you can generate variations and try them all.

Features: - AES-256-CBC encryption with PBKDF2 (100k iterations) - Dual mode: encrypt or decrypt files - Batch password testing from a file - Works with any file type - Mac native app, works offline - One-time purchase ($9.99), no subscription

The app is built with Python/Tkinter and uses the Cryptography library.

Target audience is: 1. Non-technical users who need this functionality and dont know how to run scripts in the CLI 2. Technical users who want a quick GUI tool instead of context-switching to terminal 3. People helping less-technical friends/family (easier to send an app than teach them scripting)

Available at: http://aescypher.com/

I'd love to hear what you think.

Lessons from Building AI Agents for Financial Services

https://www.nicolasbustamante.com/p/lessons-from-building-ai-agents-for
1•jiannengli•57s ago•0 comments

So you want to lucid dream? New technology aims to help you induce a lucid dream

https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/scientists-learned-control-dreams
1•MichaelCoder•59s ago•0 comments

Show HN: Debba.sql – A lightweight SQL manager built with Tauri and Rust

https://github.com/debba/debba.sql
1•debba•1m ago•0 comments

VW considers pulling out of US factory plans due to tariffs

https://www.semafor.com/article/01/26/2026/volkswagen-considers-pulling-out-of-us-factory-plans-o...
1•testing22321•1m ago•0 comments

Study shows porn use leads to hangover in some, but not all, users

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-025-03287-z
1•academic_84572•4m ago•0 comments

The Kleptocratic Enterprise: Lessons from organised crime [pdf]

https://news.exeter.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Embargoed-until-13Jan26_Kleptocratic-Enterpr...
1•PaulHoule•5m ago•0 comments

To My Fellow Tik Tok Creators

https://alimcforever.substack.com/p/to-my-fellow-tik-tok-creators
1•Mgtyalx•7m ago•0 comments

I let ChatGPT analyze a decade of my Apple Watch data. Then I called my doctor

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/i-let-chatgpt-analyze-a-decade-of-my-apple-watch-data-t...
2•zdw•7m ago•0 comments

A couple of things about Alex Pretti's handgun

https://bsky.app/profile/merz.bsky.social/post/3mddvutxqhc2y
1•doener•7m ago•0 comments

Claude Is Taking the AI World by Storm, and Even Non-Nerds Are Blown Away

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-code-ai-7a46460e
2•gfortaine•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Yet another system monitor for Linux

https://github.com/mskrasnov/FSM
1•mskrasnov•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Use Claude Code to find engineering jobs

https://github.com/jshchnz/claude-jobs
1•jshchnz•9m ago•0 comments

Bill Gates-backed startup develops optical transistors 10,000x smaller

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/bill-gates-backed-silicon-photonics-sta...
1•smusamashah•10m ago•0 comments

Why the Observability Industry Built the Wrong Thing

https://humainary.io/publications/the-trace-delusion/
1•puppion•10m ago•0 comments

Shipping at Inference-Speed

https://twitter.com/steipete/status/2005451576971043097
1•alphax314•11m ago•0 comments

Relitigating hiQ Labs, Scraping Through the Lens of DMCA 1201 Anti-Circumvention

https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2026/01/relitigating-hiq-labs-and-scraping-through-the-lens...
2•hn_acker•12m ago•1 comments

eBay to pay $3M after couple became the target of harassment, stalking (2024)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-charge-ebay-stalking-scandal-ina-david-steiner/
3•tokyobreakfast•12m ago•0 comments

What if we take prompts seriously in version control?

https://thoughts-and-experiments.github.io/Narrative-Version-Control/
1•nikokozak•14m ago•0 comments

Toy implementations of the 30 foundational papers recommended by Ilya Sutskever

https://github.com/pageman/sutskever-30-implementations
2•auraham•14m ago•0 comments

Judge order bars feds from altering or destroying evidence in Pretti shooting

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-shooting-judge-grants-restraining-order-on-a...
2•hn_acker•15m ago•1 comments

"Infinite Jest" Has Turned Thirty. Have We Forgotten How to Read It?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/02/infinite-jest-david-foster-wallace-anniversary-book...
3•bonefishgrill•17m ago•1 comments

A tool to log your daily spending on go and gives you finance insights

1•osmx•20m ago•0 comments

Life on Claude Nine

https://babuschk.in/posts/2026-01-25-life-on-claude-nine.html
2•ko_pivot•21m ago•0 comments

Small, but with transaction isolation: writing Jepsen tests for Antietcd

https://vitastor.io/en/blog/2026-01-22-jepsen-antietcd.html
2•adouche•21m ago•0 comments

Show HN: An AI-intern to listen to, transcribe, and summarize your podcasts

https://www.podsnacks.com/
2•siruva07•22m ago•1 comments

Using Context as Training Data Unlocks Models That Learn at Test-Time

https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/reimagining-llm-memory-using-context-as-training-data-unlocks-m...
1•santadays•26m ago•0 comments

Meth: We're on It

https://www.ft.com/content/623d6558-2d82-4435-852f-0d155f8849d2
1•nprateem•26m ago•0 comments

Dutch students unveil an electric car you can diagnose and repair yourself [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZh-Bhh9Muk
1•thelastgallon•27m ago•0 comments

Project Gigapixel – Developing a 3200MP linear scan medium format camera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSvjJGbFCws
1•aardvarkdriver•29m ago•0 comments

Tell HN: Reminder – Belkin ending Wemo support this week

https://www.belkin.com/support-center/
2•apparent•29m ago•1 comments