Technology explained: What is encryption? Technology explained: What is encryption? Encryption is a way of scrambling computer data so it can only be read by the people you want.

Encrypting your computer is basic security hygiene. Here's how to encrypt your hard drive on both Mac and Windows computers.

Nearly. Since encryption is just a really complex equation, theoretically it can be broken by a powerful enough computer, given enough time.

The more immediate impact of a medium-scale quantum computer is the threat it — and those that come after it — will pose to how we all use encryption today.

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is a type of communication system that allows two parties to send and receive information or messages privately, while preventing others from eavesdropping on the ...

“Encryption also protects the integrity of the data, so no one can modify it,” said Tadayoshi Kohno, an encryption expert and professor of computer science at the University of Washington in ...

The world’s six largest computer drive makers Tuesday published the final specifications (download PDF) for a single, full-disk encryption standard that can be used across all hard disk drives ...

Encryption is commonly used to secure online banking sessions and to protect credit-card data. But for the average computer user, it remains a mystery.