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Quicken has a password-protection option where you type in a password and your file is encrypted. How good is this encryption and how does it depend on the length or complexity of my password?

A google search reveals a lot of "quicken password recovery" programs, like this one, which make me feel like the password is just for keeping the really dumb criminals away, not the ones with large computers.

jmvidal
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I wouldn't rate it as very secure, simply because I don't know how it's being encrypted.

Better bet would be to create a TrueCrypt volume and store your Quicken file in there.

Josh K
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SANS did a study and rated it very low. http://www.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/casestudies/personal-financial-information-safe-practical-lessons-quicken-password-vulnerabilities_704

Blackbeagle
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