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Originally posted by nys_77
I meant that a right answer to the secret question would let u reset ur password
No, that is not possible.
It is not because this kind of scheme works for logins, that it also works for files.
Files are encrypted with the password. You need that password in order to decrypt it. So in order to 'reset' the password you must have the proper password in the first place, otherwise the files can not be decrypted before you even can begin to think about removing or resetting the old password.
Logins work in an entire different way. For logins you don't need the password to decrypt anything. The password is just the key to the door to get access. So with logins you can have a 'password reset' function, all you need to do is replace the key in that case.
To access encrypted files, you don't only need the correct key to open the door, but you also need that password to decypher the contents.
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