Reviews
Free Chat Encryption Tools
Instant Messaging is one of the most popular ways of communication in today’s world. Not just private individuals but also professionals rely on services such as Yahoo Instant Messaging, or MSN to communicate with their peers, collegues, or clients.
As we have recently highlighted in one of our previous posts (e.g. What Hackers Can See on [...]
Kingston DataTraveler – Encrypted USB Flash Drive for Mac OS X
Following the lead of SanDisk with its First Encrypted USB Stick for Apple’s Mac OS X, Kingston’s Privacy Edition of their popular usb drive series “Kingston DataTraveler” is now also available as an out-of-the box encrypted flash drive for Apple’s Mac OS X.
This marks a big step for the growing Mac community and is certainly [...]
Maxtor BlackArmor – Stylish Full Disk Encryption
Yet another player joining the arms race for secure hard drives. Maxtor is the first to release an actually stylish and good-looking design for a full disk encrypted hard drive. With 320GB or 160GB users get plenty of space to securely store their documents and confidential data.
The disks are equipped with 5400 rpms, a standard [...]
Create Encrypted CDs Right Out-of-the-Box
AutoSave Encrypt – the latest solution by UK-based security company “Store and Protect” – allows users to automatically create encrypted CDs without the need of additional software.
The idea is simple but genius: Instead of providing you with software that has to be installed and configured on multiple PCs, AutoSave Encrypt gives you ready-to-use blank CD-Rs, [...]
Review: Book about PGP and Encryption
PGP (which stands for Pretty Good Privacy) is one of the top players in the field of data encryption. With solutions mainly targeted to enterprises, the company has become the biggest provider of encryption solutions world wide.
Few people know that PGP also offers some interesting solutions for the consumer and small business space. Knowledge of [...]
"Sendinc.com" – Secure Email Encryption. Simple & Easy Email Security?
While large corporations, government agencies, and other big-budget email senders have ways to encrypt their emails or at least the confidential content in it, the regular consumer is still left behind with limited ability to protect his online communication. PGP and other software providers try hard to offer good email encryption software, however, limited usability [...]