Privacy guides
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When you encrypt files on your computer, it’s like storing them in a vault: Only
someone with the correct key can access them. That’s useful if you’re concerned
about hackers stealing your most sensitive documents or companies scanning your
data for
- Privacy guides
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an extra layer of protection for online
accounts that requires you to use more than just your username and password to
log in.
With 2FA enabled, you can protect access to your online accounts even if your
password
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Internet users of a certain age might recall earlier days of personal computing,
with stacks of labeled floppy disks or CDs lying around the office. Those have
all but disappeared thanks to the widespread availability of cloud storage,
which took off
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When you’re emailed an important document, like a completed contract or a bank
statement, it usually comes as a PDF. If you’re sending a PDF that contains
sensitive information, you should try to prevent it from being accessed by
unauthorized parties
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You can’t trace an email to a person. But email providers, ISPs, and law
enforcement agencies may identify and track you through your emails if you don’t
take steps to protect your privacy.
Whether to block spam, check for phishing, or simply invest
- Privacy guides
Ciphertext is unreadable, encrypted data that can only be read if you know the
key. Learn all about ciphertext and how it ensures your data privacy by securing
computers and online communications, including encrypted email.
When Julius Caesar wanted
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If you’ve ever stored documents or images on the internet, then you’ve relied on
cloud encryption to keep your files safe. Proton Drive, Dropbox, Google Photos,
and iCloud are all examples of cloud storage services that use some form of
encryption to
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Data breaches are the most common way for your email address to be leaked on the
internet. This can lead to it appearing in online forums, on the dark web, and
other public spaces. It takes an average of 277 days to identify and contain a
breach acco
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Proton’s mission is to build a better internet where privacy is the default. To
do that, we’ve built all our services around end-to-end encryption. This type of
encryption makes it impossible for anyone to access your information besides you
and the
- Privacy guides
From having too many inboxes to manage to switching to a new email provider,
there are many reasons why you’d want to delete your Gmail account. You might
even be concerned that Google is abusing your privacy, and want to switch to a
private Gmail al
- Privacy guides
Your emails contain a great deal of sensitive information about your identity.
If you’re concerned about your online privacy, you should encrypt your inbox and
messages to prevent unauthorized third parties from accessing them. As with all
online con