Whisper: Audio Encrypter & Decrypter



Category     Duration     Tool / Material    
Data Privacy; Design; Development 2021 @ New York University JavaScript

As data privacy being an issue of today's digitalizing world, people worry about leaking private data and being monitored which makes them feel insecure. It reminds me of my childhood, we would share little secrets by creating our own language like a cipher. One way to analyze voice messages is by first translating them into text, so what if we mess up the voice message?

Based on this context, “Whisper” was born and built by me and Lin Han, 12/12/2021. Users can record an audio file to encrypt with customized encrypting keys (Whisper supports more than 1 time of encryption, the order matters) and then download the processed audio cipher and send it to friends. After receiving the processed audio cipher and the key, their friends can upload this file, type in the key in order, and get the original audio.

Recording




Example 1


Encrypt Times

1

Key

① 1905EI3F86HBCD42A7JG

Language

Chinese

Instant Messenger

WeChat

Plaintext

Plaintext Transcription

...

Cyphertext

Cyphertext Transcription

...

Example 2


Encrypt Times

1

Key

① H1I7FEJB5D93AG60C824

Language

English

Instant Messenger

WeChat

Plaintext

Plaintext Transcription

...

Cyphertext

Cyphertext Transcription

...

Example 3


Encrypt Times

2

Key

① EH3274IAD6B5FG91C8J0
② 09BFH3486C721AJDG5IE

Language

Chinese

Instant Messenger

WeChat

Plaintext

Plaintext Transcription

...

Cyphertext

Cyphertext Transcription

...