Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. The past year was a tough one for data security, ...

Over the last few weeks due to the Apple vs. FBI case, pervasive media coverage of that case, and consequently a growing concern throughout the world regarding our digital privacy, the word encryption ...

If you're looking for a very simple way to protect the privacy of your e-mail communications, look no further than Easy Email Encryption Lite ($18, demo). It provides about an easy a way to encrypt ...

With the frequency and severity of malware attacks growing practically every day, the files and folders on our computers have never been more at risk. Sure, there have been solutions for strong ...

There are numerous commands for encrypting files on Linux. When you want to limit access to file contents, you can use file permissions but file encryption makes limiting access much more effective.

Ever since Ed Snowden released the first documents exposing the NSA’s sweeping domestic surveillance programs, we’ve been looking for a decent low-cost app to encrypt calls on our iPhones, but to no ...

On a frigid Saturday, pink and yellow Post-It notes scrawled with concerns about cybersecurity covered a wall of Eyebeam, a nonprofit art and technology center in Brooklyn. “Identity theft + ...

The Linux Foundation is lending support to the Let's Encrypt project, to make it both free and simple for any Web server to encrypt connections After ramping up efforts to fund auditing and full-time ...

In a progressive move, Google has released a new open-source privacy library to allow developers to encrypt Android push notifications. For some apps, especially financial apps and privacy-focused ...

Yesterday, Republican Sen. Richard Burr and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced draft legislation, backed by law enforcement officials, to deal with the battle between Apple and the FBI over ...

PGP Corp. is setting out to do what Network Associates couldn't--entice enterprise customers to buy PGP encryption products by making them easier to use. On Monday ...

The past year was a tough one for data security, with consumers being affected by ransomware attacks, phishing scams, and a dizzying number of data breaches at big companies. Everything you do on a ...