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 use a Mac computer in your small business, you probably have sensitive information and store private data in files and folders on your computer. This data must be organized and protected so the ...

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Nowadays, the computer has a very important place in everybody’s life, as a personal gadget used for a lot of different things. Everything is digital, and it is stored on a computer’s hard disk or on ...

USB drives, external HDDs, and memory cards—remains the go-to for transferring and backing up data. But these devices are also among the easies ...

Most of us have some rather sensitive files on our PCs. Whether it’s our tax returns, financial records, password lists (seriously, just use a password manager already), or just files you don’t want ...

We've shown you before how you can protect any sensitive files stored on Dropbox using TrueCrypt or an encrypted zip file, but here's an even quicker shortcut that encrypts (and decrypts) files or ...

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