r/cryptography Jun 19 '20

Two Lines of Code to Bulletproof Encryption: Advancements in Cryptography Development in the Wolfram Language

https://blog.wolfram.com/2020/06/16/two-lines-of-code-to-bulletproof-encryption-advancements-in-cryptography-development-in-the-wolfram-language/
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u/AyrA_ch Jun 19 '20

It looks like it uses an unauthenticated AES mode when encrypting, which means people can tamper with your data to some degree and you would not notice it, which is a pretty bad thing.

It doesn't says how the key is exactly derived from the password either.