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How to Encrypt Your Entire Life in Less than an Hour
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How to Encrypt Your Entire Life in Less than an Hour

Quincy Larson
Medium, 2016
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Today, most people store the trappings of everyday life – personal conversations, photos, financial information – digitally, making them vulnerable to attack. All Internet users must protect themselves using encryption. Fortunately, encryption is easy to implement across multiple websites and devices. Software engineer and teacher Quincy Larson lists eight ways that you can quickly secure your data. For more procedural tips, Larson neatly summarizes steps with screenshots for ease of understanding. While getAbstract always recommends you do further research when it comes to your security, this article serves as an excellent primer to anyone looking for ways to protect themselves online.

Take-Aways

  • All Internet users need to protect themselves online using encryption.
  • Your email is the account you need to protect most, as it likely contains personal and financial information.
  • To encrypt your hard drive, Windows and macOS offer a “built-in full-disk encryption” service. All you need to do is activate it.

About the Author

Quincy Larson teaches and blogs at Free Code Camp, an online open source e-learning community for computer programming students.

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