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What Makes Private Email Servers Worth Paying For?

April 29, 2019 by Alexander Fox Leave a Comment

Comparing private paid email services like Proton Mail and free services like Gmail, for those concerned about privacy and disturbed by Google’s giant database of deeply personal information, are private email services worth the money? What Google Does With Gmail While Google doesn’t technically “read” your emails, they do spy on your content in a […]

Filed Under: Apps Tagged With: email, encryption, privacy, security

How to Encrypt and Password Protect Folders in macOS

September 17, 2018 by Alexander Fox Leave a Comment

Security enthusiasts have likely noticed that folders can’t be directly password protected in macOS. However, you can still protect your data by placing the folders and files in password-protected containers. This has the effect of protecting your folder and the files it contains with a password. You can password protect folders in macOS using the […]

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: encryption, Folders, macos, security

Harden Your Mac Security With These Steps

June 20, 2018 by Alexander Fox Leave a Comment

Do you worry about hackers, viruses, and malware? You can quickly improve your Mac security with these basic steps. Most tips only require the built-in Mac security tools found in macOS. 1. Turn on FileVault FileVault is a whole-disk encryption system. It wraps all the contents of your disk in an layer of encryption. This […]

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: encryption, macos, security

Using PGP Email Encryption on macOS

May 9, 2018 by Alexander Fox Leave a Comment

As the corporate use of private data grows, consumers are more and more interested in protecting the content of their sensitive communications. Many messenger apps offer end-to-end communication, but email remains the most popular method of communication. It’s also the most resilient to being shut down: while Iran is able to shut down Telegram country-wide, […]

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: email, encryption, macos, security

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