Encryption

[Mack]

Once you encrypt a folder and all files inside of a folder, is there
any way to have Windows keep the file encrypted when you e-mail, move
the file outside of the computer, etc.?

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Well, it will remain encrypted unless you decrypt before emailing. You can't
email folders unless they zipped by the way.

 

[Mack]

Well, it will remain encrypted unless you decrypt before emailing. You can't
email folders unless they zipped by the way.
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I created a test file and had it encrypted then opened up a web based
e-mail account, I then attached the encrypted file and sent it to
myself. I then opened that e-mail on another computer and was able to
open the file because it didn't remain encrypted.

 

[Lang Murphy]

I created a test file and had it encrypted then opened up a web based
e-mail account, I then attached the encrypted file and sent it to
myself. I then opened that e-mail on another computer and was able to
open the file because it didn't remain encrypted.

As long as you're accessing the file with the account under which it was
encrypted, it's not treated as encrypted. The encryption is to prevent other
accounts from accessing the file, not the account that encrypted it. So when
you attached it to an email under the account that encrypted it, it gets
treated like an unencrypted file, if that makes any sense... ;-) IOW... it's
only encrypted to other accounts, not the account that encrypted it.

Lang