There are many reasons to encrypt files — even on a system that is well maintained and comparatively secure. The files may highly sensitive, contain personal information that you don’t want to share ...

GnuPG, the open replacement for PGP, is an excellent tool to manage cryptographic signatures to files or e-mails for validity and integrity, as well as a tool to encrypt and decrypt sensitive files.

Encrypting files from the command line is simple with gpg. You can use it to encrypt and decrypt files with a password. The command gpg is part of GnuPG. GnuPG stands ...

The command is as follows: $ gpg -a --recipient peter@gmail.com --encrypt myinfo.txt The new output file will be the input file name plus the extension ".asc" . A printable ASCII output file might be ...

Encryption scares a lot of people – me included – because it’s based on really complicated mathematics. Thankfully, the state of encryption software has advanced sufficiently in the last couple of ...

If you are in need of solid encryption but want to steer clear of the mainstream, then GnuPG is for you. In this Daily Feature, Jack Wallen, Jr., explains how to install GnuPG and its basic features.

Kleopatra is the GnuPG front-end program for Windows as a part of Gpg4win. And it's driving me nuts. The Linux program has a simple clipboard, and this makes sense to me. You have text to encrypt, or ...

Message privacy, increasingly important to Bitcoiners, can be achieved with public and private key cryptography. As a Bitcoiner, you’re going to need a secure way to communicate privately, without ...