What is the word "encryptive" or "encrypted" ?
Apparently, I do not know what the "encrypted" word. Therefore, someone will lead me from the first sentence to help me next.
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Encrypted means the data is mathematically scrambled so that nobody can read it without the password to decrypt the jumbled mess.
I don't encrypt my backups as that just creates another possible barrier to restoring.