Posted: 7/15/2008 2:36:02 AM EDT
| I have no IT experience ..other than the little I get using computers.I have seen some of you talk about security and encryption.I am not stupid simply ignorant..is this something I can download a program and teach myself without destroying my computer?Thanks M |
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Someone else here suggested TrueCrypt (maybe ARjedi?), and that's what I use. It is a free program. I don't know about encrypting an entire drive-- that's probably beyond my abilities and comfort zone. I keep a few encrypted files that TrueCrypt treats as drives. Each one contains multiple individual files I wanted to encrypt-- financial documents, insurance scans, photos of credit and insurance cards, etc. I can easily encrypt my most sensitive information within a file that will fit on a 1GB flash drive. The program was (for me) a bit counter-intuitive, but that's probably because I'm not much of a computer person. Read the documentation and FAQs, and make sure you understand what you're doing. Also make sure you use a password that you can remember, especially if you'll be creating an encrypted file and then not accessing it for long periods of time. |
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Here knock yourself out www.download.com/Encryption-Software/3150-2092_4-0.html |
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