ENCRYPTION
I am going to be
talking about Encryption! Enjoy!
What is
encryption?
Encryption means to
scramble data in such a way that only someone with a secret code or key can read
it.
Encryption is the
most effective way to achieve data security. To read an encrypted file, you
must have access to a secret key or unencrypted data is called plain text;
encrypted data is referred to as Cipher text.
Story of
encryption
A 2009 attack against
RockYou.com yielded 32million passwords, allowing hackers to replace their
dictionary-generated lists with words people were actually using, while
revealing common strategies like replacing “e” with “3” or capitalizing the
first letter. Because people are increasingly using just a few passwords for
many sites each breach exposes users across a host of platforms.
How to
protect yourself from encryption
To protect your
security experts suggest using a different, randomly generated password on
every site, tracking them with a password program.
Make a strong
complicated password that you can remember.
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