Ever download a folder full of files, only to notice all of the documents inside are zipped shut and encrypted—basically the digital version of Fort Knox? These are examples of the ever-wonderful, yet ...

Nowadays, the computer has a very important place in everybody’s life, as a personal gadget used for a lot of different things. Everything is digital, and it is stored on a computer’s hard disk or on ...

We all use archive file formats like .zip, .rar in order to employ lossless data compression. In a single archive file, we can add several files and folders and considerably reduce the combined size ...

If you use a Mac computer in your small business, you probably have sensitive information and store private data in files and folders on your computer. This data must be organized and protected so the ...

If you want to encrypt your files in a click, here is how you can do that. EncryptOnClick is a freeware that you can use to password protect your files. No matter whether you want to encrypt image, ...

When you store files or text notes, you can optionally encrypt them individually using AES-256 by clicking an Encrypt button and then typing your password. To view an encrypted item, click the View ...

Trinu, who keeps sensitive data inside AES-encrypted .zip archives, asked the Answer Line forum about the advantages and disadvantages of switching to TrueCrypt. Regular readers know that I’m a big ...