Encrypted PDFs play a vital role in protecting sensitive information, especially during online distribution. By ensuring that only those with the correct password can access the content, encryption ...

I encrypt my files before uploading them to the cloud. The reason is that cloud services promise security, but they're not impenetrable. After seeing several high-profile breaches, I developed my ...

Here's whats happened - I encrypted a folder under my normal domain account (which is also a local admin). Sometime later I changed the password for the domain account. Now I can't access any of those ...

GnuPG, or GPG, is a free implementation of the OpenPGP standard. It allows you to encrypt and sign your data and communications. It features a versatile key management system and access modules for ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Ideally, you wouldn’t store any sensitive ...

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 ...

The U.K. government has reportedly ordered Apple to create a backdoor giving access to users’ encrypted iCloud backups - including all Apple users worldwide. According to the Washington Post, the ...

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