How to whisper on the Internet
HowStuffWorks has a good overview of what encryption is and how it works. It talks about symmetric key methods which are known to go back to Julius Caesar, and continues on to modern electronic encryption. If you want to get a basic idea of what encryption is and how it works, this is a good place to start.
TrueCrypt offers free full-disk encryption for Windows XP, Vista, Mac OS X, and Linux. It lets you choose from multiple encryption algorithms. It provides multiple levels of protection; not only does it encrypt your data, but it even makes it look like no data is there at all to those without the proper access.
They have a “Beginner’s Tutorial’ available. And, its free.
Jörn Rönnow has written a comprehensive guide to setting up GPG email encryption in Outlook, Outlook Express, and Eudora. This guide was written a while ago, but will get you started encrypting like a pro!
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d97jorn/pgp/index.html
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Life Hacker posted instructions on encrypting your Mozilla Thunderbird emails using GPG. This tutorial will get you up and running quickly with Thunderbird. There’s a description of what PGP is which isn’t the best we’ve seen, so this guide might be better for more experienced encryption users who just want to get it working in Thunderbird.
http://lifehacker.com/software/top/how-to-encrypt-your-email-180878.php
Encryption is the way to protect yourself from bad guys on the Internet. And its easy. Most people use encryption without even knowing it.
Speak Secret will help show you how you can use encryption, what it’s good for, and point out some of the bad guys you are protecting yourself against.
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