The more levels of security you have on your Mac, the safer your files will be. This is particularly true if you allow multiple people to use your computer. For your most sensitive files, it's a good ...

If your workplace computer is home to an assortment of classified company documents and important files, you would do well to consider password-protecting the folders in which those files are housed.

On Windows 11/10 PCs, most users set up an admin/login password to prevent others from accessing their computers without their knowledge; however, this may not be enough if we need to protect ...

Looking for a way to keep the codes to nuclear weapons or the secret ingredients to Coke safe and secure? You could encrypt the files, but they'd still be visible, and therefore potentially vulnerable ...

If you have sensitive information stored on a Windows computer that you share with others, or on a laptop that you're worried could be stolen, you'll need to keep your data safe. This is when password ...

Passwords are universally regarded as the first line of defense in the software world. Be it when setting up a new device or even while opening an online account, — securing it with a password is the ...

Given the ever-growing concerns about data privacy and security, Samsung has developed various features on its Galaxy phones to safeguard users' data. One example is Secure Folder. This special folder ...

First, what OS? Then assumining 2K/XP, are you trying to lock out even the account that owns the files, or just everyone else? If you want to deny just everyone else, then just use the built in ...

Reader Ash wants to know if there’s a way to password-protect individual folders in Windows 7: “I have a PC and I am the main user of it 95% of the time. As such, I don’t have it request a password ...

What's a quick way to do this?<BR>Let's say I have two XP machines in the same workgroup, PC1 has only user "Bob" on it, PC2 has only user "Mary".<BR><BR>If I want to share a folder on PC1 so that ...