One of the features of the NTFS file system in Windows 10 is the ability to limit access to files for certain users or user groups. But the way these permissions are setup using the File Explorer interface, through PowerShell or through command line interface is very tiresome and complicated. A much better approach is Read More …
We all have used the popular text editor from Windows called Notepad for saving some information temporarily on our hard drives. Saving trivial unimportant information in plain text files in your computer is not a problem. But if you are saving important information such as your passwords or your banking information in plain text files, Read More …
FinalCrypt is an Oracle Java based file encryption utility for all the popular platforms like Windows, Mac OS and Linux. It uses good old fashioned one-time pad file encryption that was first described by the famous American cryptographer Frank Miller in 1882. Even more than a hundred years later, this method is impossible to crack Read More …
When you are traveling, it seems like a good idea to store your private files on a USB flash drive (also called pendrives ) because if you lose your other devices like the laptop or mobile phone, your important files are not lost. Furthermore, if your laptop is stolen, the thieves do not end up Read More …
After downloading a big file from the internet, if you want to find out that it has not become corrupt or have been modified in any way then you can calculate its file hash and compare it with the file hash given on the download website. File hashes are calculated based on the contents of Read More …
People encrypt their files for a number of reasons – to hide sensitive data or to protect it from reaching the hands of potential hackers. If you ever need to encrypt your files, then you do not have to go for the big, bloated and expensive software suites. You can use something like Crypt It Read More …
These days software vendors digitally sign many of their files using authenticode digital signatures. If you download a file that has been modified, has become corrupt or the download itself was not complete (few bytes missing), then the digital signature will be invalid. But in the old times, people used a simpler approach – they Read More …
Everyone has a few private files that they want to keep under lock and key. If these files of private nature fall in the wrong hands it may create a chaos in your life. For this reason, Microsoft Windows offers a built-in encryption tool called BitLocker but it is not available for all the editions Read More …
Fort is a free file encryption software for Windows that also comes with a password management feature. It is available in both the installer form and also as a portable program. The portable program can encrypt files but does not integrate with the Windows File Explorer. The installer version of Fort features a File Explorer Read More …
Crypto Notepad is an open-source text-editor that is just like Windows Notepad except that it offers very strong encryption for all the files saved through it. You can use it like Windows Notepad for creating any new files containing plain-text information, but when you save these files, they are saved using AES cipher which is Read More …