This is what an encrypted text file will look like. Screenshot by Ed Rhee/CNET. That's it. Now you can encrypt select data in a text file or the entire file with ease, using Notepad++ and NppCrypt.

After encrypting my archives, flash drives, and emails, I found that encryption doesn't need to be complicated at all.

Most Linux users know vim as a text editor that descended from vi. It can also function as a tool for encrypting text files. In this post, we examine how this is done and how to reverse the process.

To encrypt a text file, use Notepad++. Open the file, right-click it, and select the encryption option from the context menu. Enter the encryption key when prompted, and the plugin will handle the ...

Create a file to encrypt. This can be as something as simple as a text file. Open a text editor, enter some text and save the file as "filename.txt." ...

MCrypter can encrypt Text files & Passwords on WIndows PC MCrypter uses a combination of several standards, namely- AES 256 – A symmetric-key block cipher to secure your data against brute-force ...

Keys are just very small files containing encrypted text. Your public key can be handed out to anyone to send you an encrypted message or file. Your private key is passphrase-protected, ...

It can run in a "Decrypt Only" mode that doesn't require any purchase. R10Cipher supports drag and drop multiple file encryption, and decryption by double clicking a file to recreate it with its ...

Right-click the encrypted text file containing the message you'd like to read. Select "Open with" and click "TextPad" to open it in TextPad. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.

Encrypt text documents before you upload them to Google Drive via Fogpad, or encrypt and transfer all your Google Drive files to the Tresorit cloud-storage service. Dennis O'Reilly began writing ...