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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion reference/6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/ConvertFrom-SecureString.md
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Expand Up @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ If no key is specified, the Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI) is used to encry

> [!NOTE]
> Note that per [DotNet](/dotnet/api/system.security.securestring?view=netcore-2.1#remarks), the
> contents of a SecureString are not encrypted.
> contents of a SecureString are not encrypted on non-Windows systems.

## EXAMPLES

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion reference/6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/ConvertTo-SecureString.md
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> [!NOTE]
> Note that per [DotNet](/dotnet/api/system.security.securestring?view=netcore-2.1#remarks), the
> contents of a SecureString are not encrypted.
> contents of a SecureString are not encrypted on non-Windows systems.

## EXAMPLES

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