You can’t beat flash drives for convenience, but you’ll pay a hefty price for it — and we’re not talking money. If you should lose that drive, anyone can ...

Last week, we looked at why you should not store a wide open, anyone can read it file on your computer or phone that contains the username, password and security questions for every online account you ...

A. For all intents and purposes, today’s USB flash memory drives (a.k.a. thumb drives or jump drives) are the equivalent to the old school floppy disk on steroids. If you want to transfer files from ...

Nobody who values the files on their computer should be without at least two regularly updated methods for backing them up. External drives are perfect for this. You can plug them into your computer, ...

In macOS Mojave, you can choose to encrypt and decrypt disks on the fly right from the desktop. Using this convenient Finder option, we're going to show you how to encrypt a USB flash drive (or "thumb ...

Data security is at the front of many minds in the business world. With the ease that data can be copied to and from portable devices today and the fact that these devices are easily lost or stolen ...

One of the best ways to protect your privacy is to encrypt important information on your computer. Whether you need to send personal information to someone, or simply want to make sure that no one who ...

Your Windows device is likely protected with a passcode — the PIN or password you enter when signing in. For most users, login security prevents unauthorized access ...

Here’s hoping you are not like many people I meet all the time. They have committed the Number One Sin of computer file management: they have a wide open, anyone can read it file on their computer or ...