Re: Steganos Encrypted Safe NOT so safe
In response to frankrizzo604?s comment, Steganos would like to dispel the rumor
that its Steganos Safe encryption software is easily cracked. Steganos Safe
enables users to create any number of secure virtual drives in which data is
safely stored and encrypted. However frankrizzo604 goes through several steps
?teaching? users how to open others? encrypted files. In his last step, he
claims Steganos will ?PUNISH you by resetting your encrypted drives passwords
to "123" until you buy a registered copy?, implying that the password feature
can be circumvented thus opening anyone?s safe. He conveniently left out that
before he was able to reset the password to "123", he had to enter his original
password to open the safe. Then, he saw this message box:
http://www1.steganos.com/support/screenshots/safe8_123_infobox.png
It is absolutely not possible to open any Steganos Encrypted File without
having the original password. The Steganos support and development team
reconstructed the process he described. It is not possible to open a Safe
WITHOUT the original password. In the 2007 generation of Steganos products,
Steganos decided to set the Safe attributes to write protect. Steganos would
like its user to rest assured that their files are in fact still encrypted and
safe from hackers.