Re: Private folders

Please don't quote in TOFU order instead of conversational order.
http://wiki.ursine.ca/Best_Online_Quoting_Practices

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

If your main concern is Word and Excel files, protect them all with
passwords to keep them from being opened. It's not very strong encryption,
but it's better than nothing.

It's worse than nothing: Weak encryption that can be broken in a matter of
minutes serves only to give a false sense of security.


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