“Only the paranoid survive.” — Andy Grove
And Grove
isn’t the only powerful person urging caution. Even the director of the
FBI — the same official who recently paid hackers a million dollars to
unlock a shooter’s iPhone — is encouraging everyone to cover their webcams.
But
you obey the law. What do you have to worry about? As the motto of the
United Kingdom’s surveillance program reminds us, “If you’ve got nothing
to hide, you’ve got nothing to fear.”
Well,
law-abiding citizens do have reason to fear. They do have reasons to
secure their devices, their files, and their communications with loved
ones.
“If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged.” — Cardinal Richelieu in 1641
In this article, I will show you how you can protect yourself by leveraging state-of-the-art encryption. In a single sitting, you can make great strides toward securing your privacy. more