Hi Nick,
> 1. The question is very general. Do you, for example,
> want to encrypt some or all variables or whole datasets?
I want to encrypt only a single variable, to anonimize data.
> 2. On the whole, this kind of question does not seem to arise often
> in Stata circles. If I ever needed to do it, I would think about
> doing it in Mata, or of doing it outside Stata.
I thought of that too, but it's a bit cumbersome and I don't know right now
which software does implement it. Do you have an idea in case Stata can't do
it?
Thank you, best,
-Hendri.
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