No More Secrets - Funny visual data decryption effect

Dec 12, 2022 · 1 min read · funny visual tui  ·
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No More Secrets is a command line tool that recreates the famous data decryption effect seen in the 1992 movie Sneakers.

This funny program takes a text as input shows it on the terminal by producing a "decyphering" effect inspired by the 1982 Sneakers movie. More information about the movie on IMDB.

The program can be used via pipe, e.g.

1ls -l | nms

By default, the program shows the encrypted text and waits for the user to press a key to start the decryption. Some few options allow to set the backgground screen as green or to avoid the need of keypress.

The README refers to this movie clip on YouTube to show the original effect in the movie (at 0:35).

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