On Windows 11/10 PCs, most users set up an admin/login password to prevent others from accessing their computers without their knowledge; however, this may not be enough if we need to protect ...

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USB drives, external HDDs, and memory cards—remains the go-to for transferring and backing up data. But these devices are ...

Windows 11, Windows 10, and even older versions come pre-installed with a security and encryption feature called BitLocker.

Encryption is basically jumbling of your data in a format that is unreadable. So that, even if a hacker is able to fetch your data, they won’t be able to make sense of it. Device Encryption takes the ...