Re: Steganos Encrypted Safe NOT so safe

[support () steganos com]

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.