Lifehacker

How to Encrypt Your Own Windows and Mac Devices (and Why You Need To)

Data encryption makes it nearly impossible for someone to access a protected file without the proper decryption key or password. Many apps use encryption to keep your data safe, including password ...
Ars Technica

Let’s Encrypt is ending expiration notice emails—for some very good reasons

Let’s Encrypt has been providing free “wildcard” certificates for websites for nearly seven years, enabling HTTPS connections for millions of domains and doing the whole Internet a real solid. Now the ...
Hackaday

Let’s Encrypt Will Stop Working For Older Android Devices

Let’s Encrypt was founded in 2012, going public in 2014, with the aim to improve security on the web. The goal was to be achieved by providing free, automated access to SSL and TLS certificates that ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Here's how I encrypt my Windows PC without BitLocker

BitLocker is the most common way to encrypt your Windows PC to protect it against data theft in the event that someone steals ...
Ars Technica

Let’s Encrypt issued its billionth certificate today

Let's Encrypt is the perfect example of I can never go on vacation ever again. If this one certbot fails, mid-day, for a moment, my entire business can implode. I need to be there, I need to know ...
PC World

‘Let’s Encrypt’ free encryption project issues first SSL/TLS certificate

A project that aims to increase the use of encryption by giving away free SSL/TLS certificates has issued its first one, marking the start of its beta program. The project, called Let’s Encrypt, is ...
Star Tribune

Alexander: Some users of Windows 11 Home can avoid unwanted encryption

The good news about Windows 11 automatic encryption is that at least some readers can avoid the problem. In the last two columns, I've warned that Microsoft had set Windows 11 Home and Pro operating ...