How can I electronically send confidential/private information to other people as conveniently but securely as possible?
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posted by Dansaman
on Sep 14, 2012 -
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When uploading my files to major cloud services (Microsoft SkyDrive, Google Docs and Google Picasaweb), are they automatically encrypted
before they leave my computer?
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posted by paleyellowwithorange
on Feb 5, 2012 -
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I'm looking for a forum where I can ask questions about networking, security, coding, operating systems, web design, etc. There are
many of these out there, but I'd like to find a
single community which covers all these topics more or less equally (so it isn't a Linux forum with a small section on BSD, or a coding forum with a small section on networking). I'd like it to be the sort of forum where users stay around for several years as they learn and contribute at different levels, with high literacy and education-to-spam levels. Could I have your recommendations please?
posted by westerly
on Dec 18, 2011 -
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If I wanted banks or companies like LastPass to hire me to be on their security team to make systems safer and to block out hackers, what websites/books/resources should I dive into to go from n00b to pr0 ??
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posted by querty
on Aug 29, 2011 -
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How should a business that's about security set up its own secure communications?
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posted by woot
on Dec 28, 2010 -
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How to I compute safely in dangerous places? Looking for advice on hiding data, protecting accounts, and securing connections.
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posted by Nothing
on Jun 2, 2009 -
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I have a shiny new 4 GB USB drive, and I want to secure the information on it (bank info, passwords, etc). What's the best (free) way to do this?
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posted by Irontom
on Jan 8, 2009 -
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I occasionally need to email PDFs and Word docs that contain confidential information. My clients claim their email is "secure" and don't see the need for any encryption or any approach other than me emailing them the files. What can I do?
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posted by PatoPata
on Nov 26, 2008 -
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Looking for Windows Mobile 6 security software for a phone running Windows Mobile Professional. Especially looking for something that will auto-encrypt or auto-delete PIM databases after a number of incorrect password attempts.
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posted by tiamat
on Mar 13, 2008 -
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General network and computer security: keyservers, PGP/GPG, encryption, etc...book/instructional recommendations?
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posted by jjsonp
on Mar 10, 2008 -
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How long will it take to do a 7 pass US DoD 5220 Compliant data wipe on a 120 GB Hard Drive?
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posted by meta.mark
on Feb 6, 2008 -
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What's the absolute simplest way for two or more people to share encrypted information via email, either in the text body or as a file attachment?
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posted by taz
on Oct 3, 2005 -
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Let's say I wanted to create a simple web app to store my various usernames and passwords. The app and database would be hosted externally (by Dreamhost). I would use a secure connection for any HTTP stuff going back and forth, and I would encrypt all of the passwords before going into the db, and I can only extract and decrypt a password after entering a pass phrase that exists only in my brain. What would it take for someone else to get at my passwords?
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posted by patgas
on Jul 12, 2005 -
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So I've gone to www.thawte.com/email and got myself a Freemail certificate and imported it into Thunderbird, and my friend is about to do the same thing, and we want to exchange encrypted mails. What do we actually DO with our shiny new certificates?
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posted by flabdablet
on May 1, 2005 -
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Is there some way within Windows XP or using 3rd party software that I can password protect individual folders on my pcs so that you cant see or get access to what is in them with out entering a password? Just to be super clear, I want to do this one folder at a time not as a general login.
posted by nightocean
on Feb 25, 2005 -
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Given a couple of encrypted hash strings, I need to identify the algorithm used to generate the hashes so that I can brute-force decrypt them. More inside..
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posted by mrbill
on Jun 16, 2004 -
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I'd like a signed ssl certificate, as signing it myself leads to warnings from both Internet Explorer and Safari.
Verisign signs 128 bit at $895, which seems ridiculous to me.
Does anyone have positive experience with other
trust vendors?
posted by the fire you left me
on Mar 2, 2004 -
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