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Edit a Scenario Task: I want to prevent unauthorised access to my data
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If you want to avoid that your documents are accessed by someone without your permission, you need to either encrypt them one by one (file encryption) or to store them in a secure space, which may be your computer, a storage device or just a part of them (disk encryption). In order to create a secure space on your hard disk or storage device or encrypt the entire computer, you can use several tools: * [https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/truecrypt/windows Truecrypt] can encrypt your entire hard disk or just a part of it, but is no longer actively maintained. * Truecrypt is being replaced by [https://www.idrix.fr/Root/content/category/7/32/46/ Veracrypt], which has been developed starting from Truecrypt's code, but this project is very recent and doesn't have a very large user base. * [https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-encrypt-your-windows-device DiskCryptor] and [https://github.com/t-d-k/LibreCrypt LibreCrypt] are two other free and open source tools for disk encryption that are gaining prominence as replacements of Truecrypt. * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitLocker BitLocker] is a Windows solution (Vista and 7 Ultimate+ editions and Windows 8+) with several options for full disk or folder encryption. * Another popular commercial disk encryption tool is [https://www.symantec.com/endpoint-encryption/ Symantec Endpoint Encryption]. * Mac users can encrypt their disk using the built-in [https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT204837 FileVault] feature. You can also use an encrypted file storage service like [https://peerio.com Peerio] or [https://mega.nz Mega] as explained in the [[I want to ensure that my data is never lost]] section. Individual files can be protected with [https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/gpg4usb/windows GPG4USB].
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