[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 142147] Password protection on Writer malfunctioning

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142147

--- Comment #18 from StromenNorman at mail.com ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #15)
> (In reply to StromenNorman from comment #14)
> > getting too technical for me. My scenario is of a person using a password
> > protected document and wanting to make sure that it can't be altered by
> > anybody else.
> 
> #1: Create a document and save with password 
> #2: In the "Set Password" dialog, don't encrypt but [x] Open file read-only
> with a password
> #3: Open this protected file and SaveAs => must not create an editable
> version
> 
> Valid issue and the proper solution would be to not block Save (it's
> disabled) but ask for the password first. So Save, Save As, Save a copy etc.
> first show a PW dialog. 
> 
> And once write permission is granted, I don't see a need to keep the PW
> option checked for SaveAs.

2) I cannot see an option to "Open file read-only with a password". Using Save
option when I create this document does require a password when reopening the
document after you've closed it. Using the Save option when I add text to the
document doesn't require a password but you do need a password to reopen the
document after you have closed it. Using the Save As option, the box for the
password is not ticked, so it's easy to forget that you need to do this in
order to MAINTAIN password protection.

The previous system was more secure. It just seems common sense that a password
protected document should remain password protected however you save it.

I also noticed that I could delete this password protected document without
having to input a password.

I'm not sure what I have to say to demonstrate that this is just really bad
security.

The old system was better. It made your documents secure. The new system is a
giant leap backwards for users.

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