With all of its technical expertise, Apple did not even bother to encrypt that information.
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Simply choose the amount of capacity you want to encrypt, and access it with a custom password.
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Users should be encouraged (and equipped) to encrypt any sensitive email using PGP or GNU Privacy Guard (see Resources).
That included private files Genger told the court involved secret Israeli government matters, so he was allowed to encrypt them.
The encrypted files will appear as gibberish to anyone who does not have the physical iTwin device that was used to encrypt.
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Too much credit card theft was finally hurting them and they now require anyone who handles credit card information to encrypt that data.
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Sony also failed to encrypt some of the personal details of its customers an elementary error for a company that prides itself on its technological prowess.
The threat of eavesdroppers on airport and coffeeshop networks has inspired Web services like Gmail and Twitter to allow users to encrypt their connection and safeguard their communications.
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For example, you may choose to encrypt the data so if it moves away from the data center to the cloud, you have an extra layer of security.
Storing all its data in four centralized centers also allows the law firm to encrypt and better secure its data, as well as recover it in an emergency.
After downloading software from its Web site and activating the chip, it can be used to set up passwords for individual files as well as to encrypt selected files.
The FCC responded by releasing new rules on Friday and while cable operators will be able allowed to encrypt all their channels, it isn't without a few strings.
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The carriers say they want to encrypt and store the credentials in the phone's SIM card, the small chips placed in the back of phones to activate access to mobile networks.
Starring Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach, it relates how a unit of Navajo field-communications soldiers uses a derivative of their Native American language to encrypt radio messages in the Pacific Theater.
Dropcam utilizes bank-level security to encrypt all video and stores it securely offsite in the cloud so users can rest assured that they are the only one with access their video.
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In the meantime, NIST is recommending companies use Triple DES -- which involves three different DES operations to encrypt and decode -- if they feel DES is not secure enough, Smid said.
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In fact, the best approach is to encrypt information as quickly as possible and keep it encrypted for as long as possible until it is actually needed, an approach sometimes called end-to-end encryption.
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Interestingly enough, it appears that one of the reasons why Anonymous was able to attack the website was because Stratfor neglected to encrypt the credit card and other personal information about its subscribers.
This latest setback, of course, follows an FCC decision to allow companies to encrypt their basic cable channels -- the authorization was reportedly granted to cut back on service theft, among other concerns.
Coupled with a security chip to encrypt data, it promises to transform a wide range of consumer experiences from simple ticketing to the Holy Grail of replacing your cash and payment cards with just your smartphone.
It sought to encrypt data traffic between the laptop and the access point, but did so in a way that was later found to be so inadequate that someone with relatively little technical knowledge could break the encryption scheme and eavesdrop on traffic.
To encrypt its data, the pen uses an algorithm called Rijndael, which the National Institute for Standards and Technology is planning to use as the Advanced Encryption Standard, which will replace the existing Data Encryption Standard (DES), which is currently being phased out of use.
The way it might work is that the typical replicator will have patterns stored for common things, but the owners of something really special like Bass Ale will figure out a way to encrypt the structure so that they can charge you on a per unit basis.
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Similarly, Facebook and Twitter send login credentials over a secure line and then revert to an unsecure protocol. (Users of those social networks can add an "s" after "http" to force the systems to encrypt their browsing.) Social networking sites are where people increasingly conduct private conversations, whether through Facebook's Messages or Twitter's Direct Message feature.
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Since this was a classified mission for the Department of Defense (you know, to handle super secret military stuff), the shuttle's crew was forced to encrypt the images of the damaged tiles it sent back to NASA, which lowered the resolution of the images enough that the ground crew wrote off the damage as a trick of the light.
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The Army is considering tying the phones to tactical radios to help encrypt transmissions, and are testing self contained "cell tower in a suitcase" equipment to ensure coverage in sensitive locations.
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Enterprise features: Apple announced a collection of new tools to help companies encrypt their communications, wirelessly set up handsets for employees, and wipe out data on their phones remotely, among other features.
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On 27 April, a lawsuit was filed in California on behalf of Alabama resident Kristopher Johns, accusing Sony of not taking "reasonable care to protect, encrypt, and secure the private and sensitive data of its users".
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The new site's owners - who identify themselves as both Anonymous and the People's Liberation Front - say the service will not record connection logs and will encrypt pastes to ensure there is no usable data for the authorities to seize.
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