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Shouldn't encrypted files be bigger than the original ones?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 5:56 am
by horape
I'm not an expert, but AFAIK encrypted files should be bigger than the original ones.

But I tried to encrypt a .zip and a .jpeg, and both created a .aes file of the same size.

Is the real size being hidden or what?

Re: Shouldn't encrypted files be bigger than the original on

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 2:27 pm
by paulej
The files produced by AES Crypt are definitely larger, usually more than 132 bytes or so.