There are many reasons to encrypt files — even on a system that is well maintained and comparatively secure. The files may highly sensitive, contain personal information that you don’t want to share ...

How to easily encrypt/decrypt a file in Linux with gpg Your email has been sent Stop your search for an easy way to encrypt and decrypt files in Linux -- the built-in gpg tool will do the trick. No ...

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.

The truth is, I really don't have anything on my hard drive that I would be upset over someone seeing. I have some cat photos. I have a few text files with ideas for future books and/or short stories, ...