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Old January 5th 07, 10:41 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Peter Marchert
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Default stolen laptop with sensitive Outlook emails

If somebody save a password on the same computer with the encrypted
data he don`t need to encrypt his data.

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Peter

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Peter Marchert
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On 5 Jan., 10:02, "Jay" nospam wrote:
Thanks for your replies Brain + Peter.

128 bit encryption is presumably only as strong as the password.

What I'm suggesting is that someone could crack the password used for the 128-bit
encryption/decryption, rather than try to crack the encryption itself.

Jay

"Brian Tillman" wrote in . ..

Jay nospam wrote:
If you use encryption, what's to stop someone using a password
cracker on the password that is used for the encryption?Because the key used for the encryption can be long enough that it would

take more time than the universe will exist before a computer will determine
the key.
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