How safe is the quicken encryption of files?

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Published on 2010-05-14T19:14:08Z Indexed on 2010/05/14 19:26 UTC
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Quicken has a password-protection option where you type in a password and your file is encrypted. How good is this encryption and how does it depend on the length or complexity of my password?

A google search reveals a lot of "quicken password recovery" programs, like this one, which make me feel like the password is just for keeping the really dumb criminals away, not the ones with large computers.

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