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Websites that go through a secure channel have the https:// rather than the default http:// address in the browser. A secure channel makes use of digital certificates ...

Secure Sockets Layer is a network communication protocol that provides security for data at the transmission level. SSL encrypts data connections so that attackers cannot break into secure network ...

If you back up both your data and your encryption key, your files should remain safely accessible to you (and only you). Open ...

Mobile devices sometimes get lost. A laptop bag gets left on the bus or train, a smartphone slips out of your pocket, or a USB flash drive falls to the ground unnoticed. Losing a notebook or phone ...

I have a need for relatively simple (but still reasonably secure) encryption of string and (fairly small) binary data blocks from my C++ application.<BR><BR>I'm using Visual Studio 6 (yes, its ancient ...

Dropbox has announced plans to bring end-to-end encryption to its business users, and it’s doing so through acquiring “key assets” from Germany-based cloud security company Boxcryptor. Terms of the ...