You may sometimes have an important file that contains sensitive files that you do not want to fall into the hands of others, so you might consider protecting it. The first technique we think about is password. Most people put important files in a folder and password protected them using a program. Is this method as effective as we think? Sure, no, because today's passwords have become nothing more than breakthrough programs. There is a set of tools, especially in the Linux system, which can penetrate any password within minutes with a powerful computer, as long as the latter is not strong enough to avoid such attacks. , Many if not all, when they put a password for something, just keep in mind that this word should be difficult to guess by someone else, unaware that anyone can penetrate that word using a hacking program, and so most people do not choose words A very strong passage to repel this type of attacks. So we came today in a simple way will enable you to secure any file and make reading content is possible only on your own device.
Before this you should know that anyone who is connected to the same network you are connected to is able to sneak into your computer remotely and take any file, without even knowing this, who knows maybe you already had this with you but you did not realize? Therefore, in order to avoid the fall of your important files in the hands of others you can simply encrypt them, this will certainly not prevent others from taking the file but will prevent them from reading the content as we said earlier.
First place your important files in a special folder, right-click it and choose
properties
First place your important files in a special folder, right-click it and choose
properties
Then click on advanced
Select encrypt content to secure data and press ok
In the rest of the windows, just click ok as shown below
So you have finished encrypting the folder, now try reading its files on another computer and you will notice that this will not be possible.
