No password protection?!

ObjectDock has no password protection

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I purchased the license to ObjectDock Plus last night. It's a good program...except for one glaring problem...no password protection on items you create on the dockers. Anyone can click on the links to whatever I create and see the contents. It would be nice to have password protection built in...say Blowfish 512 bit encryption?

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ObjectDock is basically a 'shortcut' program... if you require things to be passworded, wouldnt it be better to implement the protection on the application-side of things?  I.e., password protect your Word documents, etc.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

ObjectDock is basically a 'shortcut' program... if you require things to be passworded, wouldnt it be better to implement the protection on the application-side of things?  I.e., password protect your Word documents, etc.



This is not safe as this method of encryption protection is laughably easy to circumvent. It's safer to use application locking encryption from within the application...outside of the original container. This way no matter how hackers try to break the lock...they won't succeed.

Yes...ObjectDock Plus needs password encryption built in.
ObjectDock - Access shortcuts and frequently used applications from an animated dock.
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Do shortcuts on your desktop have password protection?
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I will put this in a list of the requested features.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If all you want to do is keep the contents of a particular folder private you have two options,the first option is right click on the folder & use the properties box to hide it or you can use "folder lockbox" it's a free app which requires a password too open it, so putting it's shortcut on the dock would require a password to open it once clicked on,best of all it's free & updated regularly,or if you prefer i have microsofts hidden security folder 1.0 that they pulled i can send it too you

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Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Folder Lockbox is pretty good...however..the only thing wrong with it is that it unmounts the folder after you lock it. So I can't show a shortcut on the Object Bar for inclusion.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
UnderTheGun1,

Either I am missing the point or you are?


As CerebroJD said, this is a shortcut program, whatever you do to password protect the shortcuts on your PC without actually encrypting your data it will be vulnerable. OD is not designed to do this. Did you not answer the question yourself;

"It's safer to use application locking encryption from within the application...outside of the original container."

Surely you must see that you need a product specifically designed to do this rather than an application like OD.

Without sounding cynical or starting a flame war; if you really have data on your PC that hackers would be that interested do you really think they would use the OD interface to access it rather than just ripping it off your hard drive.

Lock your PC if you step away or create a Guest Profile so others can use the PC but not have access to your personal documents. If your data is that valuable or that private;-) then taking these extra steps during your daily routine is surely a small price to pay.

Then again..., perhaps I am missing the point of what you are asking for, if so then I apologise in advance.

Cheers!