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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or don't use someone's encryption if you don't have the private encryption key. Encrypt it yourself. But still then, it is only a matter of time when the encryption of your data is cracked. Could take years but if it is data someone really wants, one day it can be decrypten.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Hence, if the data is not on someone else's computer in the first place, it is not a matter of time.