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Encryption

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  1. F

    Looking to encrypt harddrive

    Looking for a good hardrive encryption software. Any suggestions.
  2. J

    Windows 7 Powershell

    I am continuously facing issues with my Windows 7 Powershell< And receiving an Encryption Error message as" Windows Powershell Isn't responding", If anyone could help me out as I am from a non-tech background and facing problem in solving this issue, I had also contacted [scammer url removed]...
  3. tarmiricmi

    BitLocker drive encryption questions

    Hello, I have two PCs that I wish to encrypt with BitLocker (system drive encryption). Windows 10 64bit 1607 on both PCs, identical 256 GB SSDs with similar free space. On first PC, encryption went OK. It offered me to save a password (or whatever that is). There is no option for BitLocker...
  4. S

    Huawei Y625-U51 Encryption unsuccessful

    My Huawei Y625-U51 gives the message Encryption unsuccessful i already tried to factory reset, put new firmware on it with apply update from external storage. But i can't find the firmware Y625-U51V100R001C577B103 I hope someone can help me.
  5. T

    Solved! Encrypting and decrypting videos

    So on my phone I encrypt files every now and then so other people who are occasionally get on my phone don't see it accidentally but I was wondering if using the famous app ES File Explorer build in encrypting feature on videos lower the quality at all. Also does continuous encrypting of the...
  6. V

    Cant remove my password

    I cant remove my phone password its showing " disabled by administrator, encryption policy...." What should i do
  7. B

    Windows 10 encryption

    I am not sure how this encryption works. If I encrypt a directory, will I be the only one who can read it ? If I copy the encrpted directory to an SD card, will it be unencrypted ? If not, how can I have the SD card version unencrypted.
  8. T

    Encryption V.S Performance

    Scenario: So i am about to encrypt my "hard drive", my system drive "C". Now i am going to use Veracrypt with these parameters: Encryption Algorithm(s): AES(TwoFish(Serpent)) Hash: SHA-512 Wipe Mode: 1-Pass (Random Data) Question: Will the cascaded encryption slow my rig down significantly, as...
  9. A

    McAfee Endpoint Encryption Issues

    I'm working on encrypting hunderds of pc's at work and I have made it through almost all of them with some small issue's. My computer was one of the first and had no problems until it blue screened. I rebuilt the computer (new ssd) and now I'm having the same issue as a few other people. DELL...
  10. M

    Encryption failed Screen in my Nubia Z9 mini

    I have my ZTE Model number Z9 mini for almost two years. Last night my stuff started randomly shutting down and all of the sudden google play has shutdown and the like four or five messages kept popping up. so restarted the phone and while it was rebooting I got a screen with the following...
  11. J

    Solved! [Problem] Android thinks my startup password is text but it's really a pattern. Now I can't enter the pattern to start it

    (I don't know which version it is and I can't check it now. All I know is that it's not the latest version (as there's one of those annoying, overly persistant update notifications I haven't responded to yet) and it's new enough to have a built-in torch function.) Background: after I set...
  12. S

    Solved! I want to eliminate the pin for lock screen but the "none" pin is greyed out, it says it is turned off by admin,encryption of

    How can I change the unlock pin so no pin is needed to unlock the screen. It's a real pain to have to do this every time the phone goes into hibernation. Galaxy s4. every time I try, the "none" is greyed out.
  13. C

    Using both 'Bitlocker' and 'VeraCrypt' at the same time on one partition

    Is it possible to encrypt a particular drive/partition using Bitlocker and then using VeraCrypt? Are there any advantages to doing this? The assumption is that the password used for Bitlocker is completely different than the one used by VeraCrypt and in both cases the password is more than 25...
  14. K

    file lost in folder lock?

    actually i installed anvi folder lock in my computer and i locked some files in E drive but unfortunately my os got corrupted and i was in a situation to change the operating system so, i wiped all the data in c drive to change the os .after changing the os i cant able to see the locked files in...
  15. S

    Drive encryption for Win+Linux dualboot

    Hey guys, I'm in need of encryption for all my hard drives. Thing is I need this to work seamlessly under both Win7 Pro as well as *buntu Linux. Pretty sure neither of the native solutions of one OS works in the other. Also, the OSs and some of the data will be on an SSD drive, then there are...
  16. M

    encryption data failed

    my samsung tablet 10.1 shows message encryption data failed do factory resettings. however i do not have any back of my precious photos and videos stored in it. Please help how to restore it.
  17. J

    Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 encryption guide

    If you buy a Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 for business, it comes equipped with Dell Data Protection Encryption. If you buy one for home and opt for Windows 10 Pro instead of Home, you can utilize BitLocker. If you have Windows 10 Home, you need to buy third-party encryption. This Dell XPS 13 2-in-1...
  18. N

    An error after restart the phone

    I have encrypted sd card of my samsung galaxy j5 , when i restarted the phone and the sd card was encrypting as anytime , I have an message says " an error occured sd encryption " then i found all my files on sd card still encrypted , they couldn't be open ,ridden only than i disable the sd card...
  19. Tanyac

    Free, Secure, Encrypted email service with smtp/pop features

    I'm using Thunderbird. I'm aware of Enigmail and GNUPG (The latter of which is very resource heavy, running 4 services at all times). By definition, anything that is cloud based is insecure. So I'm looking for an email provider that provides a free, secure, encrypted email experience with...
  20. gumbob3

    How does Asymmetrical Encryption Work??

    It doesn't make sense as to how one key can encrypt, and another will decrypt. Won't the decryption key always be the opposite of the encryption key?