Privacy Please is an ongoing series exploring the ways privacy is violated in the modern world, and what can be done about it. Cooper Quintin, a security researcher ...

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Welcome to Part 3 in my series on protecting your computer from prying eyes (Part 1, Part 2). In today's segment, we will be going over drive encryption using the TrueCrypt program on Windows OS.

In the face of identity theft, online threats related to viruses and other ransomware, it is important to protect your personal data on your computer. The most effective way to do this is to encrypt ...