I've been writing and editing stories for almost two decades that help people use technology and productivity techniques to work better, live better, and protect their privacy and personal data. As ...

Halloween doesn’t spook me, but a tale from Reddit recently did. Imagine you’re living your best life, only to realize your PC isn’t quite doing the same. You decide to give Windows 11 a full wipe to ...

In brief: Windows 11 Pro ships with a security feature that could severely hamper your solid-state drive's performance. Fortunately, it is easy enough to turn off but some might not even know it is ...

In Microsoft’s words, Windows 11 “enables security by design”—and I love to see that deliberate focus on protection from ever-increasing threats. The less we all have to worry about our sensitive ...

Locking down individual files is great, but a blanket encryption will prevent anyone from getting their paws on your files.

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, ...

Windows has its faults, but it also has several excellent security features.

Though CenturionSoft’s CenturionMail 3.0 did not meet the criteria for our server-based testing, its software is quite good, so we’ve included a brief summary of what it offers. CenturionSoft was ...

I'm not sure if anyone saw the news, but apparently Crucial's and Samsung's self-encrypting drives have very weak keys or key verification and is easily bypassed to get access to the encrypted data.

TLDR: Looking for a free, small and simple program to use on multiple PCs to encrypt/decrypt a few files (text). Not looking for military grade protection or anything. My household computer usage is ...