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My understanding of modern cryptography is limited. Can someone explain if someone gets my horcrux files, would they be able to decrypt the original? If so, the

• usea 3y ago
  Hiding the fragments is like hiding your password. Of course they get the original if they have the fragments. That's the purpose. You could always encrypt the file before splitting it.
• uobytx2 3y ago
  Yeah, so this is best thought of as a backup tool in which the files are kept separately from each the, more than just a different way to encrypt a file. If you give a plaintext file to a friend for safe keeping, the friend can see the file. You could encrypt the file, but encrypting a file requires a key or password, which you could forget or lose. The idea here is: split the file into three parts. Give one part to the bank deposit box, one to a friend, and put one in a safe at home. Now, if you want to restore the original, nobody can restore without getting (for example) two of the three pieces. This is nice because your friend and the bank can’t do anything with their copies alone, and won’t trust each other with their copy normally. But if you lose your piece, you can still ask the friend and the bank for theirs.
• chaxor 3y ago
  I would imagine if you're worried you could just split the files with this, and of you think the encryption is 'weak' you could encrypt again with another tool. Probably not a bad idea.