Whoa!!!>>>Microsoft shutters Windows private folders

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Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an
add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected
folders.

The feature was introduced as a free download last week. Almost immediately,
people raised questions over how businesses would grapple with the ability
of individual workers to encrypt their data.

"Private Folder 1.0 was designed as a benefit for customers running genuine
Windows," Microsoft said in a statement to CNET News.com on Friday.
"However, we received feedback about concerns around manageability, data
recovery and encryption, and based on that feedback, we are removing the
application today. This change will take effect shortly."
 
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+shutt...lders/2100-1012_3-6094481.html?tag=html.alert
Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an
add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected
folders.

The feature was introduced as a free download last week. Almost immediately,
people raised questions over how businesses would grapple with the ability
of individual workers to encrypt their data.

"Private Folder 1.0 was designed as a benefit for customers running genuine
Windows," Microsoft said in a statement to CNET News.com on Friday.
"However, we received feedback about concerns around manageability, data
recovery and encryption, and based on that feedback, we are removing the
application today. This change will take effect shortly."
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That is a bit of a shock.

Personally, I considered downloading it, then realized hiding in plain
sight was probably not a good solution.
 
John Jay Smith said:
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+shutt...lders/2100-1012_3-6094481.html?tag=html.alert


Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an
add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected
folders.

The feature was introduced as a free download last week. Almost immediately,
people raised questions over how businesses would grapple with the ability
of individual workers to encrypt their data.

"Private Folder 1.0 was designed as a benefit for customers running genuine
Windows," Microsoft said in a statement to CNET News.com on Friday.
"However, we received feedback about concerns around manageability, data
recovery and encryption, and based on that feedback, we are removing the
application today. This change will take effect shortly."
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Like that will stop people at work encrypting information. Yeah right!!!
...... I (and many others in their right mind) have encrypted data at work
from day one and so you should!

Thoughts please people!?!?!?
 
Like that will stop people at work encrypting information. Yeah
right!!! ..... I (and many others in their right mind) have encrypted
data at work
from day one and so you should!

Thoughts please people!?!?!?
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Makes sense to me ... Pricelessware page recommends AxCrypt and TrueCrypt.
TrueCrypt sounds pretty good to me ... seems to be less user intervention
required.
 
Like that will stop people at work encrypting information. Yeah right!!!
..... I (and many others in their right mind) have encrypted data at work
from day one and so you should!

Thoughts please people!?!?!?
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Why would I wantto encrypt anything at work? I have nothing personal at all
there. Besides, we have to sign an agreement that amoung other things,
prohibits installing unauthorized programs. My job is too important to me
to risk it over something as frivilous as that. I do my personal computing
at home.
 
burnr said:
@news.freedom2surf.net:




Why would I wantto encrypt anything at work? I have nothing personal at all
there. Besides, we have to sign an agreement that amoung other things,
prohibits installing unauthorized programs. My job is too important to me
to risk it over something as frivilous as that. I do my personal computing
at home.
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Yea.

I know some people would scoff at burnr's stand but I'm the same way.
Mostly for 3 reasons:

1) security on my personal systems is better
2) it's the "right thing to do"
3) one less thing to worry about.

End result is that I'm all the more relaxed for it.

-Craig
 
Like that will stop people at work encrypting information. Yeah right!!!
..... I (and many others in their right mind) have encrypted data at work
from day one and so you should!

Thoughts please people!?!?!?
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As IT Tech I will say that it's your own problem if you don't do
regular backups, and HDD crashes - there is no way of salvaging data
from encrypted folder. You can then bang your head on the wall.

Ivan.
 
burnr said:
Why would I wantto encrypt anything at work? I have nothing personal at all
there. Besides, we have to sign an agreement that amoung other things,
prohibits installing unauthorized programs. My job is too important to me
to risk it over something as frivilous as that. I do my personal computing
at home.
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theres no need to install anything to use encrypted files. Many of us
have no need for them tho.


NT
 
Why would I wantto encrypt anything at work? I have nothing personal
at all there. Besides, we have to sign an agreement that amoung other
things, prohibits installing unauthorized programs. My job is too
important to me to risk it over something as frivilous as that. I do
my personal computing at home.
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Same here...I do not understand ...if I need to encrypt something at
*work* then *work* will provide the software.

That is just my opinion, YMMV.

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that is correct, but there is also a "big brother" phenomena
in companies. They want to monitor your every move.
Although that may seem reasonable for some...
I believe that it is not the best way to increase productivity.
Because it is using FEAR as the powertool.

Although I would not need to encrypt files.. on a work computer.. what
worries me was the upcry of the corporate people! This shows that they want
ultimate power over the worker... as if he was not a human, but a robot.
Perhaps the best way would someone to use a portable usb drive in that case
and not install a software on the work pc.
 
Lol... that's great James.. before when I posted the news for this... people
were suspicious about Microsoft.. now that is being pulled everyone will
want it! :-)
 
John Jay Smith leapt out of the bath and screamed "EUREKA!" before
typing in alt.comp.freeware:
Lol... that's great James.. before when I posted the news for
this... people were suspicious about Microsoft.. now that is being
pulled everyone will want it! :-)
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That's the first thing I thought (paniced even!) myself... until I
remembered I'd already downloaded it... ;-)
 
Ivan Tisljar skrev:
As IT Tech I will say that it's your own problem if you don't do
regular backups, and HDD crashes - there is no way of salvaging data
from encrypted folder. You can then bang your head on the wall.
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What does one thing have to do with the other? If your drive crashes and
you don't have a backup, your data is lost regardless if it is encrypted
or not.
 
burnr said:
Why would I wantto encrypt anything at work?
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I have my own work contact lists, procedures, etc, stored as text files on my
work PC, and I wouldn't want anyone else at work to make use of it while I'm
away. Thus, such encryption would be great for me for my job security because
it prevents others benefitting from my own personal notes.
 
that is correct, but there is also a "big brother" phenomena
in companies. They want to monitor your every move.
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They're paying for your every move. The moves they don't pay for they
don't get to monitor.
 
"burnr" <none> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
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I have my own work contact lists, procedures, etc, stored as text files on my
work PC, and I wouldn't want anyone else at work to make use of it while I'm
away. Thus, such encryption would be great for me for my job security because
it prevents others benefitting from my own personal notes.
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If it's your own personal computer, fine, but if it's the company's
computer, they're legally and morally entitled to see anything stored
on it - they own the computer and ALL data on it.
 
John Jay Smith leapt out of the bath and screamed "EUREKA!" before
typing in alt.comp.freeware:


Thanks for that.

If anyone wants the installer for it now, I'd be willing to post it to
a binary group etc.
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Post it somewhere I can grab it and I'll post it with my site's
freeware listings.
 
Al Klein leapt out of the bath and screamed "EUREKA!" before typing in
alt.comp.freeware:
Post it somewhere I can grab it and I'll post it with my site's
freeware listings.
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Hi Al,

Thanks for that. Uploading now to alt.binaries.freeware marked "ATTN:
Al Klein, as requested"

HTH
 
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