How do I get my iPhone backups open I'm trying to extract my old iPhone's backups. I'm using the iPhone Backup Extractor, and it tells me the status of my backup is "complete and encrypted". I don't recall ever encrypting my backup so I'm wondering how is this even possible? 

Does the iTunes encrypt your backup without your command?

Is there a way to unencrypt the backup?

Is there any other way of extracting your backup into actual files besides iPhone Backup Extractor? Any recommendations?
Itunes will encrypt your backup by defualt however you can turn this off (its in the options when the device is connected)

There is a program called iExplorer which will allow you to view the contents of your backups and allow to export the data.