There are many reasons to encrypt files — even on a system that is well maintained and comparatively secure. The files may highly sensitive, contain personal information that you don’t want to share ...

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 ...

Encryption is an interesting thing. The first time I saw encryption in action was on a friend’s Gentoo Linux laptop that could only boot if the USB key with the boot partition and decryption key was ...

I have been focusing a lot on security and privacy issues in this year's columns so far, but I realize some of you may expect a different kind of topic from me (or maybe are just tired of all this ...

If you intend a really secure system, do a Web search for "secure delete Linux" to locate some free tools to help with this. The encrypted file is longer than the plain-text file because GPG puts some ...

How do you know someone is really who they say they are? In developer and security circles, you do it with Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) keys. Or, you used to anyway. If ...

If you're a Gmail user spooked by Chinese cyber attacks on Google, here's a way to encrypt your e-mail. Be warned: better security comes at a cost. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

In an age of smartphones and social networking, e-mail may strike many as quaint. But it remains the vehicle that millions of people use every day to send racy love letters, confidential business ...

Welcome back, and sorry for the delay. Things got a little hectic in the Strategic Penguin Command Center of the Orbiting HQ, and we had to skip an edition. We are now back in action and ready to ...

An attack has been unleashed against the global synchronising keyserver (SKS) network used by the popular OpenPGP encryption standard, with developers saying there is currently no mitigations ...