using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
class MainClass
{
public static void Main()
{
string str = "string";
byte[] entropy = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 };
byte[] enc = ProtectedData.Protect(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(str), entropy, DataProtectionScope.LocalMachine);
Console.WriteLine("\nEncrypted string = {0}", BitConverter.ToString(enc));
byte[] dec = ProtectedData.Unprotect(enc, entropy, DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser);
Console.WriteLine("\nDecrypted data using CurrentUser scope = {0}", Encoding.Unicode.GetString(dec));
}
}