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Password protection vs. encryption
- Sean O'Shea
- Jun 6, 2017
- 1 min read
Password protection does not actually encrypt data stored on PC. Disk encryption will use an algorithm to scramble the data on PC - it becomes ciphertext. A PC that is just password protected is vulnerable to a dictionary predefined attack. The encryption key will not be stored in Windows but is instead on the disk.
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