Changelog

[3.0.3] - 2024-4-26

Fixed

C version: Fixed help message to display the --key= argument when the --help argument is chosen
C version: Fixed a formatting bug in the --show-file-types argument
C version: Fixed a bug where the program would raise no key file provided error even when the user provided a key in the --decrypt argument

Added

C version: Added 2 new file extentions to the Programming file type: .hpp and .h

[3.0.2] - 2024-4-24

Fixed

C version: Renamed header file <strings.h> to <string.h>
C version: Added definition for GNU Source because the strdup() function did not show up on Linux systems automatically

[3.0.1] - 2024-4-23

Fixed

C version: Bugs and security fixes

[3.0.0] - 2024-4-23

Added

C version: Aliencrypt has now been rewritten in C with an manpage and a Makefile for installation
- More colors
- Program can be ran with command line options
- Safety checks
- Better performance
- Status checks
- Decrypt files option
- Remove Exif Metadata option
Both versions: Overwrite passes to the shred in both program versions have been upgraded to 5
Both versions: Show files option shows more files up to 9999

Fixed

Python version: Fixed an issue where ebook file extentions were not being checked (.lrf, .mobi)
Python version: Fixed key length

Removed

Python version: Removed feature to encrypt filenames as it made filenames too long on some systems and caused errors
Python version: Removed lowercase options to generate keynames
Python version: Removed install.sh script
Python version: Removed File check from where it would check if Aliencrypt.py is one of the files

[2.2.2] - 2024-4-8

Changed

Minor change to filename and README file

[2.2.1] - 2024-3-23

Added

"Show files" option now shows file permissions
Fixed a bug where Aliencrypt collected files when the user input an invald option

[2.1.1] - 2024-3-22

Added

Names for decryption keys are now unique each time they are generated

[2.1.0] - 2024-3-22

Added

New option to overwrite files with random data and delete them
"Show files" option now shows file sizes including B, KiB, MiB, GiB, and TiB
New color: Dark Tech
Minor changes

[2.0.0] - 2024-3-20

Added

Alienscrypt must now be ran as root to protect files from tampering. See README for details
Aliencrypt can now be ran as a compiled binary by running the install script
Code redesign and logic
New colors and new option to change colors
Encrypt option now encrypts names of files for maximum protections
Aliencrypt creates a decryption key when needed
18 new file extentions and 5 new file categories for file information
3 new colors including Frozen Dark, Holiday Season, and Happy Go Lucky

[1.3.1] - 2023-12-14

Added

After entering in your chosen path, you can show file information to see how many of a different type of file that you have. These include:
- Archive files (.tar, .zip, .7z, .iso, etc...)
- Audio files (.mp3, .m4a, .wav, .wma, etc...)
- Document files (.pages, .docx, .pdf, .txt, etc...)
- Font files (.tff, .otf, .eot, .woff, etc...)
- Image files (.png, .heic, .jepg, .jpg, etc...)
- Scripting / Programming files (.py, .c, .java, .js, etc...)
- And much MUCH MORE!!!
You can also show the list of files in the directory that you are encrypting after chooisng a path encrypt files, or exit for another time
Made don't want to encrypt files? that's okay! You can choose to go back to the options or exit as well
More efficient code to improve user experience

[1.2.1] - 2023-12-8

Removed

The lines with open('alien.key', 'wb') as alien: and alien.write(key) to remove the function of making an unecessary decryption key

[1.2.0] - 2023-12-6

Added

New logo and byline for program

[1.1.0] - 2023-12-4

Added

Clears command line interface before running with os.system("clear").

[1.0.0] - 2023-12-2

Initial release

First release