Yes, different accounts etc. I've just gotten pretty cynical about the security of online providers, now that we live in the 'post-Snowden era'. Not that I think anybody's going to intentionally target ME (least of all Mr. Snowden himself), but there have been enough mass security breaches that I don't think I want to risk my data any more than I have to.

And once data gets out there in unencrypted form even once, it's there to stay. Traditional zipfile security isn't anything to write home about either. WinZip even warns you when you enter a password that it's not terribly safe. But maybe with a strong password. We can spend the next few years on that alone.

However, if you look at the iPhone encryption debate then Apple's own encryption must be pretty good or our government agencies very bad (well there are good and bad folk in there.) Around here, the thoughts are about using zip type encoding along with a codebook ( ) or stream cipher. Since some of these messages have remained uncracked for over a century it's clear that it's possible to encrypt beyond your government's reach today.

Using a known encryption is well, leaving you open to known ways to decrypt. So if you want better than off the shelf encryption you learn about this topic and make your own that looks nothing like what the major players use.

Rudolph57 wrote: I need to send a few Word Documents via email and I was told to encrypt them. Can anyone recommend an encryption software that can do this? Any encryption used must be duplicated on the receiving side, so it's not useful for us to offer suggestions. Since the receiver has told you to encrypt the files, it's up to him/her to tell you what format they expect to receive them in, e.g., PGP public-key encryption, etc.

Also, are you sure they're asking you to encrypt the actual files or are they requestion that you use digitally signed/encrypted e-mail to send the files? The difference is significant. Finally, you may want to check with them whether it's possible to send the files in a password-protected ZIP file. If this is suitable for the purpose, you can use the 'zip' command from the command line in Terminal. When you ZIP a file and password protect it, the archiver encrypts the files. On the receiving end, they'll be prompted for the password.

The password acts as the decryption key. In Terminal, you can use zip to fulfill the requirements. Here's an example: Gaia: trane$ zip -9 -e myfile.zip myfile myfile1 Enter password: Verify password: adding: myfile (stored 0%) adding: myfile1 (stored 0%) In this example, the zip utility is set to maximum compression (-9) and encryption (-e) to create the zip archive called myfile.zip, adding two files (myfile and myfile1) to the archive. It asks for the encryption password twice and then creates the archive.

As a note about security, it's a good idea to send the password for the archive in a separate e-mail; otherwise, encrypting the files has no meaning at all. Rudolph57 wrote: It seemed to work fine and create the file, but it will not let me open.

Finally A Good Encryption Software For Mac Windows 10

Says Unable to unarchive (error 1-operation not permitted) Any suggestions?? Thanks Excellent!

That's proof that your encryption is working. Trying to open the archive in Finder won't work because it doesn't know how to work with encrypted archives. To open this, visit the file in Terminal, e.g.: Gaia: trane$ unzip myfile.zip Archive: myfile.zip myfile.zip myfile password: extracting: myfile extracting: myfile1. Apple Footer.

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