What is encryption? It&#x27;s a method of denying access without the correct key (for as long as it takes for the data to become worthless - not necessarily forever). Actually destroying the data is one of the ways to deny access.<p>NB: if it <i>were</i> so easy, we wouldn&#x27;t be having this discussion. So, apparently there are some <i>mitigation</i> techniques which help in case of weak passphrases, and make it not-so-easy, no?