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Python for Secret Agents

You're reading from Python for Secret Agents Analyze, encrypt, and uncover intelligence data using Python, the essential tool for all aspiring secret agents

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2014

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783980420

Length 216 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Concepts

Wearable Tech

Author (1):

Steven F. Lott

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Table of Contents (7) Chapters

Preface

1. Our Espionage Toolkit

2. Acquiring Intelligence Data FREE CHAPTER

3. Encoding Secret Messages with Steganography

4. Drops, Hideouts, Meetups, and Lairs

5. A Spymaster's More Sensitive Analyses

Index

Preface

Every secret agent needs a good set of tools and gadgets. When an agent's missions involve gathering data, high-powered data processing is required. This book will provide you with the kinds of information processing tools that will help you gather, analyze, and communicate the data that the HQ demands.

Python allows agents to write simple scripts to gather data, perform sophisticated calculations, and produce useful results. Agents can also use Python to extract data from local files, HTTP web servers, and FTP file servers.

Python has numerous add-on packages. This book will explore just two: Pillow allows for sophisticated image conversion and manipulation, and BeautifulSoup allows an agent to extract data from HTML web pages. Agents with specific needs might have to explore the Python Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK), Numeric Python (NumPy), or even Scientific Python (SciPy).

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Authors (1)

Steven F. Lott

Steven F. Lott

Steven Lott has been programming since computers were large, expensive, and rare. Working for decades in high tech has given him exposure to a lot of ideas and techniques, some bad, but most are helpful to others. Since the 1990s, Steven has been engaged with Python, crafting an array of indispensable tools and applications. His profound expertise has led him to contribute significantly to Packt Publishing, penning notable titles like "Mastering Object-Oriented," "The Modern Python Cookbook," and "Functional Python Programming." A self-proclaimed technomad, Steven's unconventional lifestyle sees him residing on a boat, often anchored along the vibrant east coast of the US. He tries to live by the words “Don't come home until you have a story.”

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