• Steve Jones - Editor (12/21/2009)


    I'd like to see it as the default for some files. Like SQL Server files. Adding this option to Express, AND making it the default, would make things more secure. That along with an annoying message about the certificates and a "copy to" dialog at the end of an install.

    Same for Quicken files, and other types of high security items. Makes some sense to have them encrypted automatically.

    Yes, but that would be managed by the applications, not by the OS. The OS might (or might not) provide the encryption, but it would be something called in the application.

    Quicken could certainly encrypt the database and files. So could Outlook, if that's desired (probably should be, at least on laptops). And so on. But why would I want my mp3 files and video files and such encrypted? If the OS defaults that way, they would be. And there go my compression options, too.

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