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Re:Excel VBA Password Protection is useless by joenathan on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @01:16AM (#6513193)
The locks on most front doors are trivial to break with a bump key set: http://www.lockpicks.com/professionalbumpkeyset30-keysv30.as...

Some security is better than none, it deters crimes of opportunity and the casual thief. As with anything else if you want real security you need to do your research and make the proper investment.

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Re:Excel VBA Password Protection is useless by derefr on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @01:34AM (#6513231)
This protection, though, is less like the lock on a house, and more like the lock on a diary. You might not be able to break it right away, but you can just stuff it in your bag and break it later at your leisure. Crimes of opportunity are only dissuaded when the opportunity eventually ends.
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Re:Excel VBA Password Protection is useless by winter_blue on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @02:16AM (#6513340)
Kudos for the comparison to breaking the lock on a diary. Those are pretty much pointless, as are these.
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