How secure is the TEA encryption used by Safe Place?
Safe Place uses TEA (Tiny Encryption Algorithm), developed at Cambridge University in 1994. It uses a 128 bit key. If you’re trying to hide information from the CIA, you might want to do some more research. But if you’re just trying to hide information from identity thieves, TEA is up to the task. There are also much easier ways to get your information other than decryption. Spyware on your computer can record your keystrokes and send them anywhere on the Internet. Somebody with access to your computer could install it, or it could get installed by any software you run on your computer (Safe Place does not do this). Recovering deleted files and deleted emails is also easier than decryption. Monitoring your email through Internet lines or hacking into your ISP would be another possibility. And finally, the quality of the password you choose makes a big difference. Don’t use personal information in passwords, mix upper and lowercase and numbers, don’t use real words, the longer the bette
