obfuscate data until password is entered

UnoriginalUserName

As someone who uses a password to protect Quicken, it would be nice if all the data wasn't displayed or was some how obfuscated until your password is entered. That is all.

Rocket J Squirrel

I don't understand. I have a password on my data file and no data is displayed until I enter the password.

Jim_Harman

If you have a password set for your data file (this is not the same as the Password Vault password) you should not see any data until you provide the password.

To set a file password, go to File > Set password for this data file … then exit and restart Quicken.

If you are seeing something different, please explain.

BK

Maybe this is what the OP is saying: I have noticed infrequently that when I open my password protected data file, for a brief moment it displays my data before it disappears to display the password dialog pop-up. This is more noticeable when you log out of your data file and log back in, or copy your data file to a new system and open it for the first time. I have observed this behavior forever which gives the opportunity to do a screen capture/recording.

Is that it @UnoriginalUserName?

Chris_QPW

I don't use a data file password, so I have never observed this behavior, but it suggests something that I have long speculated about. Unlike the Password Vault, the data file isn't encrypted (note it is a very hard to "read" because it is in a database format that no one knows about or maybe even "obfuscated", but that isn't the same as encrypted).

In other words, if the password really was the key for opening an encrypted data file, it would be impossible to see any of the data file data before the password is entered. Even before this the reason I suspected this to be true is the very fact that Quicken Inc can bypass this password for cases like when the user forgets the password.

UnoriginalUserName

Thanks everyone, it was my misunderstanding that the password vault password was the data file password. You have helped me see the light! Happy Sunday!

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20460006#Comment_20460006

As someone in IT/Information Security orb, I love this thinking.

NotACPA

@UnoriginalUserName Thanks for fessin' up to your misunderstanding.