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 ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link In nearly all cases, you can only access folders on a Windows computer once you're logged into your user account. But if multiple people use the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Nowadays we live in an interconnected world where social media networks and apps greatly reduce the distance between people. However, with the continuous advancement of computing, we now live in a ...

SecretFolder is a tiny freeware for Windows, that lets you hide folders as well as lock and password-protect your personal and private content. SecretFolder is a basic, yet useful tool without any ...

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 ...

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 ...

7Zip if you want to archive/compress a file or folder with aes256 encryption (with password). Truecrypt/Veracrypt if you want to make an encrypted volume you mount at will and put stuff in, then ...

Enddylopez asked the Hard Drives, NAS Drives, Storage forum about password protecting a flash drive. If a flash drive contains sensitive information–such as bank account statements, credit card ...