Specifies the scope of the data protection - either the current user or the local
machine.
You do not need a key to protect or unprotect the data.
If you set the Scope to CurrentUser, only applications running on your credentials can
unprotect the data; however, that means that any application running on your credentials
can access the protected data. If you set the Scope to LocalMachine, any full-trust
application on the computer can unprotect, access, and modify the data.
Specifies the scope of the data protection - either the current user or the local machine.
You do not need a key to protect or unprotect the data. If you set the Scope to CurrentUser, only applications running on your credentials can unprotect the data; however, that means that any application running on your credentials can access the protected data. If you set the Scope to LocalMachine, any full-trust application on the computer can unprotect, access, and modify the data.