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Ensuring an encrypted file can be decrypted in the future
What is a suggested way to:
- Encrypt a file
- Put file on USB
- Give USB to a 3rd party who is not that tech savvy
- Someday in the future, somehow provide them with the password
- Ensure that if #4 happens a long from now, the 3rd party will still be able to decrypt the file
It’s just a couple of files. Fine to encrypt files OR drive.
The cloud option could work, but wanting to ensure if Encrypted, before loading onto Google Drive, no one can decrypt without the key (which I assume is correct but want to verify).
If not in the Cloud, and on a usb, should I include the software I used to encrypt on the drive along with the file, to ensure the 3rd party knows what software to use? And if so, what if that software disappears in the future? How could they decrypt?
