There are many reasons to encrypt files — even on a system that is well maintained and comparatively secure. The files may highly sensitive, contain personal information that you don’t want to share ...

Encrypting files from the command line is simple with gpg. You can use it to encrypt and decrypt files with a password. The command gpg is part of GnuPG. GnuPG stands ...

The command is as follows: $ gpg -a --recipient [email protected] --encrypt myinfo.txt The new output file will be the input file name plus the extension ".asc" . A printable ASCII output file might be ...

Encryption is an interesting thing. The first time I saw encryption in action was on a friend’s Gentoo Linux laptop that could only boot if the USB key with the boot partition and decryption key was ...

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Thunderbird is a popular free email client that comes with great features. Many people use it, and it has numerous add-ons which can be used to extend its functionality and appearance. Generally, the ...

Now more than ever, it is important to protect your digital assets -- especially if you have a laptop. Whether your goal is to guard your financial data or keep nosy family members from viewing your ...

Google Drive may not let you encrypt individual Google Docs, but there are still ways to protect your security and privacy. Here's how to keep your Docs from prying eyes. If you want to keep your ...

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz might (maybe) still be running the Democratic National Committee if its staff had been encrypting their email. This new tool makes it easier. When we need to ...