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That is a feature, not a bug. With many algorithms the data is encrypted block by block. And the previous encrypted data block is combined with the current plaintext data block as part of the encryption. To get the ball rolling, the algorithm generates a block a random data to combine with the first plain text data block. During decryption, this initial block of make believe encrypted data is discarded.
Now if the same data is encrypted with the same pass phrase, you can't tell by looking at the data. This is a good thing. The only way to compare two encrypted data files is to decrypt them. If you don't know both passphrases, the contents of the files are none of your business. |
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