Snoopers and thieves can easily access files and passwords on your computer, even without your Windows password. All they have to do is insert a special disc (such as ...

The key used for these kinds of symmetric encryption is called as File Encryption Key (or FEK). This FEK is in return encrypted with a public or a private key algorithm like RSA and stored with the ...

Ever download a folder full of files, only to notice all of the documents inside are zipped shut and encrypted—basically the digital version of Fort Knox? These are examples of the ever-wonderful, yet ...

If you prefer keeping your files and folder encrypted, you might have run into the EFS or Encryption File System algorithm. This inbuilt feature of Windows 11 and Windows 10 helps users secure their ...

That question can be interpreted two ways. Do you want to hack into someone else’s private files? Or do you want to avoid a form of encryption that won’t give you much protection? Since I believe that ...

How to easily encrypt/decrypt a file in Linux with gpg Your email has been sent Stop your search for an easy way to encrypt and decrypt files in Linux -- the built-in gpg tool will do the trick. No ...

You probably have documents on your desktop operating system that contain sensitive information. So what do you do to protect that data? You could hide the document in an obscure folder -- but that's ...

File compression programs, such as WinRAR, enable you to reduce the size of files, which make it easier to email or store these archives. If the files or documents that you have archived are sensitive ...

Using a plug-in for the popular Windows text editor, Notepad++, you can easily encrypt selected text and entire text files. Ed Rhee Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is ...

Encrypt text documents before you upload them to Google Drive via Fogpad, or encrypt and transfer all your Google Drive files to the Tresorit cloud-storage service. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about ...

Most Linux users know vim as a text editor that descended from vi. It can also function as a tool for encrypting text files. In this post, we examine how this is done and how to reverse the process.