Ebook: Python for secret agents: analyze, encrypt, and uncover intelligence data using python, the essential tool for all aspiring secret agents

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Our Espionage Toolkit; Getting the tools of the trade -- Python 3.3; Windows secrets; Mac OS X secrets; Getting more tools -- a text editor; Getting other developer tools; Getting a tool to get more Python components; Confirming our tools; How do we stop?; Using the help() system; Mac OS and GNU/Linux secrets; Windows secrets; Using the help mode; Background briefing -- math and numbers; The usual culprits; The ivory tower of numbers; Integer numbers; Rational numbers.;If you are a Python beginner who is looking to learn the language through interesting projects, this book is for you. A basic knowledge of programming and statistics is beneficial to get the most out of the book.