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Password Protect Files in a Zip

Some things should not travel as loose attachments — scans of an ID, a salary sheet, a set of certificates going to one office.

Lock files with a password →

Free every day without an account on some tools. Your file is deleted the moment the job finishes.

How it works

The files go into a single zip encrypted with AES-256, which is the standard a bank uses, not the old zip scrambling that is broken in seconds. The names inside are encrypted too, so the list of what is in there is not readable without the password. It opens with the ordinary tools people already have. Send the password by another route than the file, and remember that nobody can recover it for you — not even us.

Step by step

  1. Choose the files.
  2. Set a password you can pass on separately.
  3. Download the locked zip.

Questions people ask

Is this the old zip password?

No. It is AES-256, the standard a bank uses, not the zip scrambling that is broken in seconds.

Can someone see the file names?

No. The names inside are encrypted too.

What opens it?

The ordinary tools people already have — Windows with 7-Zip, macOS with Keka, Android and iOS with any zip app that supports AES.

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