Encryption, for security purposes, is also known as a cipher. It is a mathematical algorithm that hides information or makes it secret. Data that is not encrypted is called plain text, while encrypted ...

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Your phone or tablet holds a lot of personal data about you and your life. Text messages, personal and business contacts, emails, credit card information, private photos and videos — all of these ...

Google has toggled on-device encryption in its Password Manager service. With this new feature, it has made passwords stored in its vault more secure. It is not a novel idea or anything. But, now that ...

Update: The app is now available to all. The company also announced two additional new features for home users, and two others for work users, described at the end of the piece. A Dropbox password ...

Synology provided additional information about its new C2 cloud services a month ago, in conjunction to the release of DiskStation Manager 7.0. The nas maker, for example, stated that the free edition ...

Data encryption performs two purposes: it protects data against internal prying eyes, and it protects data against external threats (hacking, theft of backup tapes, etc.) Encryption in the database ...

How to easily encrypt/decrypt a file in Linux with gpg Your email has been sent Stop your search for an easy way to encrypt and decrypt files in Linux -- the built-in gpg tool will do the trick. No ...

USB flash drives, iPods and other portable storage devices are pervasive in the workplace and a real threat. They can introduce viruses or malicious code to the network and be used to store sensitive ...

Without the macOS update released this week, Apple’s disk encryption can be easily defeated by connecting a specially crafted device to a locked MacBook. The attack is possible because devices ...