This is what an encrypted text file will look like. Screenshot by Ed Rhee/CNET. That's it. Now you can encrypt select data in a text file or the entire file with ease, using Notepad++ and NppCrypt.

How to use Bitlocker for full-drive encryption. Windows 10 or 11 Pro offers two built-in encryption tools: There is this simple tool, which can be used to encrypt any file—however, in our ...

I encrypt my files before uploading them to the cloud. The reason is that cloud services promise security, but they're not impenetrable. After seeing several high-profile breaches, I developed my ...

Encrypting files, folders, and drives on your computer means that no one else can make sense of the data they contain without a particular decryption key—which in most cases is a password known ...

To encrypt a text file, use Notepad++. Open the file, right-click it, and select the encryption option from the context menu. Enter the encryption key when prompted, and the plugin will handle the ...

With Windows 11, encrypting files is fairly straightforward. Here's how. 1. Open the file manager. Open the Windows file manager and navigate to the folder containing the file to be encrypted. 2.

Creating the OpenPGP keys. To use OpenPGP, you have to generate at least two keys: a public key and a private key. Keys are just very small files containing encrypted text.

Create a file to encrypt. This can be as something as simple as a text file. Open a text editor, enter some text and save the file as "filename.txt." ...

Apple has several different encryption tools built into macOS, letting you encrypt your entire Mac or individual files or folders, and in this guide we'll show you how. With encryption, your data ...

The FBI is warning phone users to encrypt their text messages, especially if you send messages between Apple and Android users. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...