The 5 Best Ways To Easily & Quickly Encrypt Files Before Emailing Them [Windows]
Earlier this year, I was faced with a situation where I had a writer working for me overseas in China, where we were both certain that all of our email communications were being monitored. I resorted to using a fully-fledged encrypted email system called VaultletSuite where both of us had to install the client on our PCs. While it appeared to be very secure, it was also a bit cumbersome.
How To Encrypt Your Gmail & Facebook Messages
Privacy is always one of the major concerns that people have while they are communicating over the Internet. Whether it's entering payment information on a site like Paypal or Amazon or sending an important email or other type of message, users don't just want to think their information is kept private, they want to know that it is. With the rise in popularity of social networking sites like Facebook, this concern has never been greater.
Encrypt Or Completely Wipe Files With the Axcrypt Encryption Utility [Windows]
There are plenty circumstances people may need to send an encrypted file, such as academic researchers sharing highly-sensitive information with each other over the Internet, corporate communications, or just friends that are discussing very private matters. One of the easiest and fastest utilities for doing this is AxCrypt.
Encrypt & Protect Your Computer Files With CryptKeeper [Linux]
Easily add encrypted folders to your Linux computer. Locking down your files doesn't get any easier than CryptKeeper, a shockingly simple piece of encryption software that locks down individual folders. Just tell CryptKeeper where you'd like your new encrypted folder to be and what password you'd like to protect it with. It does one thing and does it very well.
How To Encrypt Your Dropbox Data With ENCFS [Linux]
Dropbox is arguably one of the best online file sync tools around. However, if you've been skimming through the tech news lately, you'll see that Dropbox is having some privacy issues as of late.Therefore, encrypting the files before they are sent to the Dropbox servers is the way to go in order to keep eyes away.
TrueCrypt User's Guide: Secure Your Private Files
To really keep your data safe, you need to encrypt it. Not sure how to start? You need to read our TrueCrypt user manual by Lachlan Roy, and learn how to use TrueCrypt encryption software.
How To Send Signed & Encrypted Email With Evolution [Linux]
In today's technological world, sending encrypted messages between people has become an increasing standard. In order to secure your email communications, you need to sign and/or encrypt your emails. In Linux, this is an easy task to accomplish, thanks to the presence of an easy-to-use key-generation program and a capable email client. Evolution, the default email client for the GNOME desktop.
Exchange Secure & Encrypted Emails With VaultletSuite
As I was working through writing applications for my site, I came across a reporter who was in a country with a very rigid dictatorship. I went out in search of a free solution that would provide a line of communication that was secure enough so that if anyone wanted to see what we were discussing, they'd have to put quite a bit of effort and resources into it.
What All This MD5 Hash Stuff Actually Means [Technology Explained]
Here's a full run-down of MD5, hashing and a small overview of computers and cryptography.
How To Do Encryption, Decryption & Signing Easily With Seahorse [Linux]
Learn more about security and encryption using Seahorse in Linux.