Using a plug-in for the popular Windows text editor, Notepad++, you can easily encrypt selected text and entire text files. Ed Rhee Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is ...

Notepad text files are very handy and useful for noting things down. But have you ever thought about the security of the notepad files? Security is a must, and a Notepad text file offers no security ...

Online privacy has started to sound like an oxymoron! Every e-mail (confidential or not) you send is sent as a plain text and if intercepted, it will just be a sitting duck with no protection ...

Encryption is very important and is actually the best way to protect your data that you don’t want anyone else to access. It is not only important for government, business houses, and corporates but ...

Apple's move to encrypt your iPhone and WhatsApp's rollout of end-to-end encrypted messaging have generated plenty of privacy applause and law enforcement controversy. But more quietly, a small ...

The FBI is warning phone users to encrypt their text messages, especially if you send messages between Apple and Android users. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ...

Mobile phone users are becoming more savvy to the potential security risks of standard, unencrypted text messaging and wary of government intrusion into everyday communications. Some consumers require ...

Researchers have developed a new way to hide secret messages in plain sight. The system, dubbed FontCode, works by altering the shape of font in a given text in a way that is imperceptible to the ...

Your smartphone is going to get stolen, and whether the culprits are a pack of well-meaning pranksters or police officers breaking up a peaceful protest, you’ll want to ensure that your private data ...