I've been writing about tech, including everything from privacy and security to consumer electronics and startups, since 2011 for a variety of publications.

Data encryption makes it nearly impossible for someone to access a protected file without the proper decryption key or password. Many apps use encryption to keep your data safe, including password ...

BitLocker is the most common way to encrypt your Windows PC to protect it against data theft in the event that someone steals ...

How to encrypt your files and folders on Mac? If you have a Mac from late 2017 or later (with a T2 security chip or Apple silicon), then your system drive contents are encrypted by default. However, ...

Splunk has tested some of the most common ransomware to see how quickly they can encrypt 53GB worth of files after infecting a system, and it turns out the answer is "pretty quickly." The company says ...

" Secret Messager" is free software that not only encrypts sentences and files but also hides encrypted sentences in images and extracts sentences hidden in images. To use Secret Messager, you need to ...

No matter what computing platform(s) you might choose, you will need dependable cloud storage for all sorts of purposes. You might want to back up files to the cloud, share files with others, or just ...

Ransomware is malware that selects a valid encryption target from files and directories on an infected machine and then encrypts it, and an attacker demands a ransom in exchange for the decryption key ...

I have a Stora at home wich I use as a backup for the important files (pictures and other files). I use several OS at home (I tend to use Ubuntu and other members of the family tend to use Win Vista).