# Password Protected file

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-protected-file/688603>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 16, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-protected-file/688603 "2014-05-16T19:02:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-protected-file/688603/21 "2014-05-18T14:14:28Z")

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> [@Duke\_of\_York](#):
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> Ok, I get that the data is going over the internet, but what level of sophistication is required to obtain this? Are we talking FBI or Homeland Security, or the kid next door?

[The FBI can certainly do it if you’re a Four Star General](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petraeus_scandal#Basic_summary_and_chronology_of_key_events_and_persons_involved)

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