private void Load(FileInfo file) { CredentialsExportTemplate template = JsonHelper.Deserialize <CredentialsExportTemplate>(file); byte[] entropy = Convert.FromBase64String(template.Entropy); byte[] protectedUsernameBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(template.ProtectedUsername); byte[] protectedPasswordBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(template.ProtectedPassword); byte[] usernameBytes = ProtectedData.Unprotect(protectedUsernameBytes, entropy, DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser); byte[] passwordBytes = ProtectedData.Unprotect(protectedPasswordBytes, entropy, DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser); try { username = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(usernameBytes); password = SecureStringHelper.SecureStringFromBytes(passwordBytes, Encoding.Unicode); } finally { SecureStringHelper.DestroySecureByteArray(passwordBytes); } }