Re: Microsoft shutters Windows private folders

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:01:30 EDT, "Richard M. Smith" said:

> EFS encrypted folders have been around for 5+ years in XP.  Does anyone
> understand this controversy with Private Folders which sound like the
> samething?

The difference is that EFS has at least a rudimentary grasp on the concept
of "key escrow" and/or "multiple decryption keys", and Private Folders doesnt.

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