TSCR – Top Secret Chrono Crypt (ex TimeCRYPT)

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Overview

TSCR – Top Secret Chrono Crypt is a proprietary, multi-platform data protection and encryption system designed for individuals, professionals, organizations, and companies that need direct control over sensitive data, private files, keys, passwords, tokens, notes, and other personal or business secrets.

TSCR is built around an original chrono-entropic architecture in which time-dependent transformation and controlled unpredictability are treated as structural security parameters, not as decorative or post-processing effects. The goal is not merely declarative encryption, but practical, serious, and trustworthy data protection.

Unlike traditional tools that primarily rely on long-known, widely analysed, and standardized cryptographic patterns, TSCR introduces its own proprietary chrono-entropic model with strong multi-layer encryption and variable key evolution. This original black-box engine design, combined with key-assisted protection logic, native TSCR profiles, AES integration, and unified workflows for protecting text, files, and secrets, gives TSCR a distinct security identity and an important competitive advantage.

Rather than acting as a single fixed algorithm or a simple wrapper around existing encryption standards, TSCR is structured as a layered protection framework composed of a proprietary core engine, multiple operational encryption profiles, unified workflows for text, files, and secrets, local-first storage and protection logic, and multiple interface environments.

This architecture enables different protection profiles designed to adapt encryption behaviour to specific needs — from balanced everyday use, through AES-integrated processing for larger files and data volumes, to TOP SECRET TSCR for PARANOID-LEVEL protection.

TSCR brings together practical data protection, local encryption, secret management, secure value generation, multilingual interface support, system diagnostics, update handling, licensing workflow, and controlled application-integrity / anti-abuse protection into one integrated environment. In that way, it represents a usable hybrid between an advanced data-protection tool and a personal/business secret-management system.

Core TSCR workflows are designed to work locally, without requiring cloud infrastructure or external trust layers. Future service, shell, API, CLI, mobile, browser-extension, portal, and AI-assistant layers are planned as part of the broader TSCR development roadmap.

TSCR combines and represents:

• a unified encryption and data-protection environment,
• a genuine chrono-entropic, multi-layer proprietary algorithm with variable key evolution,
• controlled unpredictability as a native security layer,
• text encryption and decryption workflows,
• file encryption and decryption workflows,
• multiple encryption profiles: TSCR, TOP SECRET, and TSCR AES,
• structured local secret storage through Trezor Tajni / Secret Vault,
• Online Vault support for server/database-backed secret backup and migration workflows,
• encrypted local and server/database storage models with controlled data handling,
• secret generation workflows through TT-Generator / Secret Generator,
• a practical Secret Estimator for secret strength evaluation,
• multilingual GUI runtime with more than 20 supported languages,
• TSCR-AI language generation support for non-listed interface languages,
• multilingual passphrase dictionary support,
• extended system-information and diagnostic functionality,
• fully automated update support,
• hybrid licensing, activation, settings, and related support workflows,
• controlled Trial, Demo, Recovery, and restricted-access runtime states,
• application-integrity, anti-reset, anti-abuse, and license-protection mechanisms,
• prepared foundations for future service, shell, API, CLI, mobile, browser-extension, portal, business/team, and TSCR-AI security-assistant layers.

Product Identity

The term “Top Secret” is used as a product name and security-profile designation. It does not imply governmental classification, approval, certification, or endorsement.

Core Concepts

Chrono-Entropic Encryption

TSCR uses a proprietary chrono-entropic approach where time, controlled unpredictability, key-assisted transformation, and deterministic reversibility under valid conditions work together as part of the protection model.

Local-First Security

Sensitive data is primarily processed and protected locally. The user remains in direct control of keys, files, vault data, and protected outputs.

Key-Based Protection

The user key remains a critical security element. Without the correct key and valid protected data, encrypted TSCR content cannot be practically restored into readable form.

Layered Security Workflow

TSCR is not intended to be only a single-purpose encrypt/decrypt utility. It brings together text encryption, file protection, secret storage, secret generation, multilingual support, updates, licensing, and diagnostic/security-oriented workflows.

Application Integrity and Controlled Access

TSCR also includes application-integrity, license-protection, anti-reset, anti-abuse, and controlled demo/recovery mechanisms intended to help preserve a trusted runtime environment and reduce unauthorized use, repeated trial abuse, local-state manipulation, and suspicious execution scenarios.

These mechanisms are intentionally described at a high level. Their purpose is to protect the application environment itself without exposing internal protection logic, storage details, or classification rules.

Main Features

• Text encryption and decryption
• File encryption and decryption using the .tscr container format
• Multiple encryption profiles: TSCR, TOP SECRET, and TSCR AES
• Local Secret Vault for storing structured private data
• Online Vault support for server/database-backed secret backup and migration workflows
• Secret Generator for passwords, passphrases, PINs, tokens, API keys, UUIDs, WiFi passwords, usernames, test card values, and short secure phrases
• Secret Estimator for approximate strength, entropy, and estimated cracking-time evaluation
• Multi-TSCR workflow for generating multiple encrypted versions of the same input
• Multilingual GUI runtime with more than 20 supported languages
• TSCR-AI language generation workflow for non-listed interface languages
• Multilingual passphrase dictionary support
• System information and diagnostic panel
• Fully automated update support
• Hybrid license and activation workflow
• Controlled Trial, Demo, Recovery, and restricted-access runtime states
• Application-integrity, anti-reset, anti-abuse, and license-protection mechanisms
• Offline-first local operation
• Prepared architectural foundation for future service, shell, API, CLI, mobile, browser-extension, portal, business/team, and TSCR-AI security-assistant development

Encryption Profiles

TSCR provides three main operational protection profiles.

TSCR Mode

TSCR mode is the balanced/optimal native chrono-entropic profile for everyday use.

It is suitable for smaller and medium text/data workloads where the user wants a practical balance between protection, speed, and output size.

TOP SECRET Mode

TOP SECRET mode is a PARANOID-LEVEL security profile that uses a multiple (x256 !!) expanded encryption set.

It is intended for scenarios where protection has priority over speed and output size. As expected, it is the slowest native TSCR profile, but for short texts it can have very favorable overhead.

Use this profile for highly sensitive text, compact secrets, keys, credentials, confidential notes, and other scenarios where maximum native TSCR protection is preferred over speed and output size.

TSCR AES Mode

TSCR AES mode is a TSCR-customized AES-integrated profile intended for efficient work with larger files and larger amounts of data.

Before the AES layer, data is additionally prepared, processed, pre-encrypted, and hashed through the TSCR workflow, so it is not intended to be practically decrypted by a classic AES procedure alone without the TSCR AES decryptor.

This mode is generally the most practical choice for larger files and bulk data.

Secret Vault

TSCR includes Trezor Tajni / Secret Vault, a structured local vault for storing and managing sensitive data.

The vault is intended for:

• login credentials,
• accounts,
• banking data,
• payment card data,
• API keys,
• tokens,
• secure notes,
• personal secrets,
• and other sensitive records.

Secret Vault supports workflows such as:

• add new secret,
• edit existing secret,
• delete secret,
• search and filter records,
• copy selected values,
• import secrets,
• export vault data,
• use Secret Generator directly from the vault workflow.

Secrets are stored in a local TSCR-protected vault, so even if an attacker obtains the vault file, the stored content is not intended to be usable without the required protection context.

TSCR also includes Online Vault support as a server/database-backed backup and migration option for secrets. Its purpose is to extend Secret Vault workflows beyond local-only storage while preserving the core TSCR principle: secret payloads should be stored in encrypted form so that the secret itself is not available in an untrusted environment.

Secret Generator

TSCR includes Secret Generator / TT-Generator / SV-Generator, depending on the active language context.

It can generate multiple controlled secret types:

• passwords,
• passphrases,
• PIN codes,
• tokens,
• API keys,
• UUID values,
• usernames,
• WiFi passwords,
• test card values,
• short secure phrases.

The generator also includes a practical estimator for approximate strength, entropy, and estimated cracking time.

Passphrase generation can use localized and multilingual dictionaries, including LangMIX mode for combining words from multiple language dictionaries.

Multilingual Runtime

TSCR includes a multilingual interface system based on a local encrypted language file, database-backed language support, and fallback logic.

Supported language areas include:

• GUI labels,
• buttons,
• menus,
• dialogs,
• tooltips,
• Help/About documentation,
• status messages,
• language names,
• script names,
• passphrase dictionary metadata.

TSCR also includes a TSCR-AI language assistant workflow for generating additional interface languages and passphrase dictionaries, using checkpoint/resume logic, structure validation, HTML-safe processing, and provider fallback.

AI-generated languages are practically usable, but they should be treated as AI-generated drafts until reviewed by a human.

System Information

TSCR includes an extended system information panel with diagnostic and informational data such as:

• system information,
• user environment,
• CPU and memory data,
• disk/storage data,
• network information,
• public IP,
• geo information when available,
• weather/meteo information when available,
• air-quality/allergen information when available.

This module is primarily informational and diagnostic.

License and Activation

TSCR includes a hybrid license workflow with support for license status, plan selection, purchase ID, activation code, license validity, controlled access states, and user ID display.

License and access concepts include:

• PRO time-limited licenses,
• LEGACY / lifetime-style license,
• Trial mode for eligible valid first-time users/devices,
• Demo mode as a controlled limited-access state,
• Recovery / restricted states for unresolved identity, integrity, protection, or license situations,
• offline scenarios,
• online scenarios,
• automatic activation scenarios,
• license-status-based access control,
• anti-reset and anti-abuse protection intended to reduce repeated trial abuse and suspicious runtime scenarios.

Trial and Demo are not the same state. Trial is intended for a valid new user/device when the active release policy allows trial access. Demo is a controlled mode that may be used for limited evaluation, testing, VM/sandbox-like environments, recovery situations, suspicious local-state conditions, or other non-regular runtime contexts.

TSCR may restrict or limit access when the application cannot establish a trusted identity, license, integrity, or local protection state. This is part of the application protection model and is intended to preserve reliable licensing, reduce misuse, and protect the expected runtime environment.

Final licensing, purchase, donation, activation, and support flows depend on the active release channel and TSCR portal/backend availability.

File Format

TSCR uses the .tscr format for encrypted files and selected protected local application data.

When decrypting TSCR files, the application can detect the relevant internal protection profile so the user does not have to manually know which mode was used for encryption.

Installation

Download the package for your platform from the TSCR release page:

https://github.com/vmmarko/TSCR_test_releases/releases

Typical installation flow:

1. Download the package for your platform.
2. Extract the archive.
3. Run the TSCR executable.
4. Set your login password and personal/master key.
5. Start protecting your files, text, and secrets.

Available packages may include:

• Windows build
• Linux build

Additional platform-specific builds and mobile versions are planned as part of the TSCR development roadmap.

Exact package names and version numbers depend on the current release.

Basic Usage

Encrypting Text

1. Open the Text tab.
2. Enter the text you want to encrypt.
3. Select the encryption profile.
4. Click Encrypt.
5. Copy or save the encrypted result as needed.

Decrypting Text

1. Open the Text tab.
2. Enter the encrypted text.
3. Make sure the correct key is active.
4. Click Decrypt.

Encrypting Files

1. Open the Files tab.
2. Select the target file.
3. Choose the desired protection profile.
4. Click Encrypt file.
5. The encrypted output will be saved as a .tscr file.

Working with Secret Vault

1. Open the Vault tab.
2. Add, edit, search, copy, import, or export secrets.
3. Use Secret Generator when you need a new strong value.
4. Keep backups/export files protected.

Security Recommendations

• Keep your master key safe.
• Do not share your key through insecure channels.
• Use strong, unique keys and passwords.
• Use TOP SECRET mode for highly sensitive compact data.
• Use TSCR AES mode for larger files.
• Keep Secret Vault exports protected.
• Delete or encrypt unprotected export files after use.
• Do not disable application login without a clear reason.
• Regularly update TSCR when new versions are available.
• Use only official TSCR release/update channels.
• Do not manually delete or reset local license/protection/application data unless you understand the consequences; the application may enter Demo, Recovery, or restricted-access state.
• Treat cloud/server storage as untrusted unless the data is encrypted before leaving your local environment.

Roadmap

The TSCR development direction includes deeper development toward:

• local TSCR service / agent,
• shell and context-menu integration,
• CLI,
• local API,
• browser-extension bridge,
• mobile version,
• portal and download system,
• license backend,
• business/team-oriented models,
• optional TSCR-AI tools and security assistant.

The long-term vision is to evolve TSCR from a premium data and secrets protection tool into a broader:

Data & Secrets Security Ecosystem

Project History

The original algorithmic idea dates back to around 2000, when it was created as part of the “ZAPATA” POS software context to address practical data-protection needs.

The project evolved through several stages:

• TimeCRYPT
• ECCrypt – ErraticChronoCRYPT
• TSCR – Top Secret Chrono Crypt

Today, TSCR is developed as a standalone proprietary security product focused on practical data and secrets protection.

Version

Release date: 2026-05-28

Author

Vladislav M. Marković
Email: time.crypt.secret@gmail.com

License

TSCR is proprietary software.

Copyright © Vladislav M. Marković.
All rights reserved.

Unauthorized usage, copying, modification, distribution, reverse engineering, or reproduction may be subject to legal consequences.

For licensing, permissions, commercial use, or support, contact:

time.crypt.secret@gmail.com

Disclaimer

TSCR is a proprietary data and secrets protection tool.

The term “Top Secret” is used as a brand name and security profile designation. It does not imply governmental classification, approval, certification, or endorsement.

No software can provide absolute security in every possible scenario. Security depends on correct use, safe key handling, system integrity, and the user’s operational environment.

Application-integrity, anti-reset, anti-abuse, licensing, Demo, Recovery, and restricted-access mechanisms are defense-in-depth controls. They are designed to increase protection and reduce misuse, but they do not represent an absolute guarantee against every possible form of tampering, reverse engineering, or hostile local execution environment.

If you lose your key, TSCR-protected data may not be recoverable.