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local machine (vs user) encryption/decryption
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localmachine-encrypt-decrypt.ps1
Add-Type -Assembly System.Security
$password = "secret"
# encrypt
$encrypted = [System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData]::Protect([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($password), $null, [System.Security.Cryptography.DataProtectionScope]::LocalMachine)
[System.Convert]::ToBase64String($encrypted) | Out-File "password.txt" -Encoding UTF8
# decrypt
$encrypted = [System.Convert]::FromBase64String((Get-Content "password.txt"))
$password = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData]::Unprotect($encrypted, $null, [System.Security.Cryptography.DataProtectionScope]::LocalMachine))
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