True, but aren't security and finances inextricable intertwined these days?
You already gzip the data, so it is nicely random going into any encryption!
Sadly, I am not seeing a lot of handy tools for this. Windows does have an
encrypted file feature, but it assumes you leave the file on the local hard
drive. The password on a zip is very weak, I believe.
It does save you a lot of password recovery discussions!
On Monday, September 9, 2024 at 10:16:30 AM EDT, Derek Atkins
<[email protected]> wrote:
The GnuCash team, historically, have explicitly decided that GnuCash leave
encryption and other password protection to external tools and NOT perform
it internally. GnuCash is a financial tool, not a security tool.
-derek
On Mon, September 9, 2024 9:59 am, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote:
> The security concerns beg the question, should GnuCash files be password
> protected by the app? It'd slow save and open a bit, but then you are
> less worried about the files being snooped.
>
> There are also ways to encrypt local files, and back up the encrypted
> files to you network drive. Just make sure you do not lose the password!
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