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General Software Discussion / Re: Article: Microsoft Withdraws Private Folder App - wtf?!?!
« on: July 15, 2006, 09:27 PM »the stuff above about how it was released without any support or documentation etc. does sound like ms is asking for a tech support nightmare and it doesn't make any sense to me why ms would release such a thingI agree - I was underwhelmed by the lack of any explanation of how it worked - it was unclear to me exactly what was encrypted and how - or even if encryption was used. The description sounded like it might have merely 'hidden' the files from explorer. A privacy-protection program should be pretty transparent about how it works so that at the very least you can be sure you're using it effectlvely.-mouser (July 15, 2006, 03:17 PM)
It appears that the files are actually encrypted, but I think MS should still have been more informative about how the program worked. It looks like that point may be moot now that they've pulled it.
As far as admins being up in arms about users encrypting things they aren't supposed to or losing/forgetting passwords... there are plenty of ways users can already do those types of things - many zip programs perform encryption (even beyond the original insecure variant). So, I don't see what's so scary about this.