• marcos@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s not compressible at all. You will end-up with a file that is larger than the original.

    Whether compressing before you encrypt leaks information, or not compressing is what leaks, or it’s irrelevant is complicated to decide and depends on the details of what you are doing. But encrypting and then compressing is a bit worse than useless, and always a mistake.