Scripting a text to binary digits converter

[Bryan McCormick]

I have seen a number of sites that use a text to binary digits converter 
for simple encryption. Such that "this is my text" would be written as 
"011101000110100001101001011100110010000001101001011100110010000001101101011110010010000001110100011001010111100001110100"

What is the simplest way of doing this in livecode? Could something like 
this also be done for photos? Or better I suppose for photos would be 
conversion to ascii text.

Thanks in advance for ideas and pointers.