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Why does encrypting the same file with AES-256 not give the same output?
Using 7-zip 19.00, on Windows 10 1909, build 18363.592, I encrypted a text file with the contents "hello there" using AES-256 and the password "123". I did this two times, the exact same procedure, but as shown below, the output is different: