Protect With Password

Mint a single strong password and password-protect every referenced file with it, "accordingly" per file type. Deterministic, non-destructive (originals are never touched), AES-256 or nothing.

Run it

python3 tools/protect_with_password.py FILE [FILE ...] \
    [--password PW] [--length 24] [--out-dir DIR] \
    [--password-file PATH | --no-password-file]

• Pass every file the user referenced as positional arguments.
• By default a strong password is generated (--password overrides to reuse one).
• Protected copies are written alongside each input, or into --out-dir.
• The tool prints a JSON summary on stdout and a password banner on stderr, and (unless --no-password-file) writes the password to a chmod-600 PROTECT-PASSWORD.txt.

How each type is protected