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Methods for identifying content in encrypted or otherwise protected files utilize crowd sourcing for content identification. One such method includes, using a computer, selecting defined content titles to be presented with identifiers for data files for use in obtaining user selection data. The method may also include receiving the user selection data from multiple independent sources, the user selection data indicating users' selections of single ones of the content titles for respective single ones of the data files. The method may also include determining for ones of the identifiers, using the one or more computers processing the user selection data, respective ones of the content titles satisfying a minimum confidence threshold for association with the ones of the identifiers. An apparatus for performing the method comprises a processor coupled to a memory, the memory holding instructions for performing steps of the method as summarized above.
