How secure is Google Drive for holding bank information?

AndyPix

Yes really, it doesnt matter what your password is or how complex it is ..


The docx or xlsx format is just a zip file
If you rename it as such then you can edit the files contained.
One of those is an XML file that contains text that tells the program if it is password protected or not.
You simply remove that line , save it and then rename it back to xlsx


The document then is no longer password protected !!


Its not meant to deter the determined hacker but rather as a discouragement for prying eyes

18cc

dont be so silly of course you cant open a password protected word document if you dont know the password...

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/290948/you-cannot-recover-a-document-that-is-protected-with-a-password-if-the

AndyPix

## chuckles to himself - perhaps YOU cant


Of course microsoft arent going to tell you how to crack their stuff

bless

realaledrinker

AndyPix wrote: »

Yes really, it doesnt matter what your password is or how complex it is ..


The docx or xlsx format is just a zip file
If you rename it as such then you can edit the files contained.
One of those is an XML file that contains text that tells the program if it is password protected or not.
You simply remove that line , save it and then rename it back to xlsx


The document then is no longer password protected !!


Its not meant to deter the determined hacker but rather as a discouragement for prying eyes

Absolute tripe! Are you describing the pre-Excel 2010 position, since when the password was encrypted in subsequent versions?

AndyPix

realaledrinker wrote: »

Absolute tripe! Are you describing the pre-Excel 2010 position, since when the password was encrypted in subsequent versions?

Sigh - pre 2010 did not use the xlsx extention

Im not arguing the point any further - use google

PlumbingTheDepths

AndyPix wrote: »

Google is incredibly secure
Or as secure as any online presence gets anyway ..

Not as secure as a service that doesn't store the encryption keys server-side.

AndyPix wrote: »

This is the worst idea ever - I can crack those in seconds as im sure can many others

Easy to test, if somebody wanted to send you a password protected XLS file. (I know, I know...you'd have to turn the challenge down for security reasons)

realaledrinker

You are describing how to hack a worksheet password, not a workbook password.

JustAnotherSaver

realaledrinker wrote: »

You are describing how to hack a worksheet password, not a workbook password.

What's the difference between the two?

And where does an actual spreadsheet feature in this?

AndyPix

realaledrinker wrote: »

You are describing how to hack a worksheet password, not a workbook password.

Yes, my bad.


Although the method for a workbook is a bit more involved - it is still trivial

AndyPix

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

What's the difference between the two?

And where does an actual spreadsheet feature in this?

inside excel, when you open it, you have tabs across the bottom which can contain different spreadsheets.
These are worksheets


They are contained in the workbook, which is the whole thing