This script will upload/download data to/from URL shortening services. If a public key is provided during upload, the contents will be encrypted. If a private key is provided during download, the contents will be decrypted. To download a file: ./para.py -g <pointer> [-f <file_to_save_as>] [-k <private_key_to_use>] If no file is specified, it is printed to stdout. To upload a file: ./para.py -p -f <file_to_upload> [-k <public_key_to_use>] Make sure you keep the pointer that's printed. I was recently reading _Silence on the Wire_, which has a section on parasitic computing, and the memory of xor-crew's tinyurlfuckery came back to me. I was feeling pretty excited from reading the book and decided to reimplement their idea. I also added encryption so I don't come off as a total phony. How the data is stored is as a simple linked list. The data is base64 encoded and then chopped into equal sized chunks. Each chunk is combined with a pointer to the next chunk (we upload tail to head) and looks like: <next>:<data>. The last returned pointer is then used to retrieve the list. If the data is encrypted, the first chunk is actually the session key encrypting the rest of the list. I plan to abstract away the specifics of a service so that it will work on any URL shortener. This hasn't happened yet. Also, don't use this.