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ODF wholesome encryption is the default password (symmetric) encryption mode in LibreOffice 24.8.

Supports AES-256-GCM and Argon2id.

LibreOffice 24.2/24.8 is required to open the encrypted files.

Disable: Tools > Options > Load/Save > General > ODF Format Version > 1.3 (drop down menu) > Apply > OK

AES: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced…
GCM: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/C…
Argon2: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon2

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