“One of the qualities that distinguishes Linux from lesser
operating systems is its superior support for your privacy and
security. That means more than avoiding buggy virus-propagating
applications, such as Microsoft’s Outlook and Internet Explorer.
Savvy people and organizations quite rightly want to protect their
data files and e-mail from snooping eyes. One way to do so is by
keeping important files in coded form, a practice known as
encryption.“Don’t think encryption is only for secret agents or computer
gurus with ponytails down to the waist and witty t-shirts from
thinkgeek.com…”
Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.
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