In our previous installment in the encryption series, we looked at how you could encrypt your files using PGP. Apps that use the PGP technology have several advantages over other encryption ...

How to Open Encrypted Files. Microsoft Windows' built-in encryption utility is designed to protect files from being open, read or modified by other users and computers.

Let me ask a simpler question then. A client wants to send me data, but insists that it must be encrypted. I'm like "cool". They say, "send me your public key". I do send them said key, and they send ...

GnuPG, the open replacement for PGP, is an excellent tool to manage cryptographic signatures to files or e-mails for validity and integrity, as well as a tool to encrypt and decrypt sensitive ...

Take control of your privacy with PGP encryption. This guide explains how to use PGP to secure emails, protect sensitive files, and keep your communications safe from hackers and surveillance.

PGP runs into problems when it tries to encrypt or decrypt files that have names longer than 200 characters. When PGP attempts to decrypt the files, a buffer overflow causes it to crash.

Users without PGP NetShare can copy files into protected folders, but those files are not encrypted until an authorized user modifies the file or re-encrypts the folder.

Late Friday, last week, Google announced a new tool for security-minded users, called E2EMail, a Chrome extension that simplifies the installation of PGP encryption for Gmail.

Now, of course, your recipients have to go through the same procedure, or use other compatible PGP software. Symantec still makes PGP, although it works on the Mac only with Microsoft Outlook.