While there are sophisticated encrypting programs, there are also those that are used by almost anyone provided that the users know what symbols are being used. Geeks and even non-geeks can hide messages using substitutes for the English alphabet. This symbolic writing is known in technical communities as leet speak or 1337.
Failing to secure your data can result in some potentially costly and time consuming processes to recover and re-secure what was lost. It’s worth the time up front to do what you can to ensure your personal data and information stays relatively secure and at least poses some challenge to those who’d like to access it. As an added incentive, many times this can be done for virtually no up front investment on your part. Here are a few free encryption tools that you can use to secure your important info.
It’s a good thing that we can communicate in various ways. We can use signs, sounds, light and many other methods, but do you know how to communicate securely online? This is an important subject for online businesses or people who shop online using their credit cards. Nobody ever wants his or her credit card or other sensitive information being misused.
If you share your computer and don’t want others to have access to certain applications then you will want to password protect them. Or maybe if you are developing the next huge virus that will eventually conquer and destroy every computer and robot in the world, you will want to password protect it to avoid accidently clicking and infecting/destroying your computer or having some random computer iliterate bum come along and click it because the button is sexy looking. I am honored to introduce you to the one and all mighty “Protect EXE” !