Its said many times that all Quicken data files have been encrypted since
1999.Does anyone know, and preferrably have a reference, as to what type of encryption is used? I can't find it from Quicken's web site. All Quicken discusses are web transaction security, I'm concerned about security within the PC itself against any application or person stealing Quicken's data files. My goal is to ramp up security seemlessly and easily for its data files, but I'd like to know just how 'secure' are the native files by themselves.
Background:
3rd party software that could hack Quicken's files easily in the past no longer guarantee they can decode versions 2003 and above if you use a complex password.In the past, hacking programs seem to be able to decode the data structure regardless of the password, so either they were cracking the password alone, the data file structure and hence the encryption, know a backdoor, use brute force, or combos thereof.
Version 2003+ Quicken encryption relies heavily on properly decoding the user password, so it seems a more secure form of a dual key algorithm. Most commercial decoders can't guarantee success even with a brute force approach.
For example:
Ideas anyone?