The process of transforming information using an algorithm (called a cipher) to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key.
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How is my password sent across when I check gmails/access bank site?
What encryption is used when my password is sent across in gmails/when I do online banking? RSA? DSA? Public-private key encryption?. In key encryption, which entity is assigned a public/private key? ...
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Does email from one Gmail account to another ever leave the Gmail system?
I ask because I connect to Gmail over HTTPS and if emails sent from one account to another (or the same account, just to back something up) don't actually leave Google then it's end-to-end email ...
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Where can I find a paste service with (client side) encryption?
I want to:
paste / edit a text snippet online
encrypt that snippet in my browser
store that snippet online
tell some of my folks about the url to the snippet AND the passphrase
are there services ...
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Is there an encrypting DropBox wrapper?
DropBox seems like a useful service, but not one I'd trust any sensitive files with.
Is there an application that encrypts my DropBox files locally before DropBox sees them? Encrypting/decrypting ...
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How does LastPass store my passwords on their website?
LastPass advertises that they do local encryption of passwords before they are transferred and stored on their website. However, when I log in with my past password, I can access all my passwords in ...
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Sign and encrypt web-mail with digital id
Using a digital id to sign and encrypt messages in Outlook has been working fine. However, is there a way to do this in general using web mail via a web ui? I have both GMail and email from an ISP ...
