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Old Mar 14, 2016 | 2:39 pm
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Dodge DeBoulet
 
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Originally Posted by onlysuites
What do you use though? Word document? But aren't these quite easy to crack?
The encryption itself is nearly impossible to crack with versions of Office 2007+.

Originally Posted by Ars Technica
It uses the Microsoft Enhanced RSA and AES Cryptographic Provider in CryptoAPI (the same as Cryptolocker!) and uses the "Strong Transform/Strong Provider" function to do the lifting.
The problem is that it's a password-only solution; it could, for example, potentially be circumvented with a keylogger that captures your keystrokes. They apparently exist for MacOS, but I'm no expert on Macs.
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