You can improve the privacy of your documents in Windows 10 by encrypting them and we'll tell you how to do it
Security and privacy are two aspects that we pay more and more attention to. There are times when we do not have (relatively) power to control our data, but in other circumstances we do we can put measures in place to prevent unwanted access according to what information.
If we have a PC with Windows 10 and we want to prevent some files from being visible to any user who has access to our computer , we can make use of an option, unknown to some but extremely practical.We can encrypt the files to protect them and we only have to carry out a few simple steps.
The primary objective of this measure is to prevent the file from being readable on another PC. If we encrypt it, it won't help if they copy it or send it by mail. Only we will have access to it from our computer.
To carry out the encryption we place ourselves on the file or folder on which we want to work and we click with the right button of the mouse on it to access a new window with different options.
From among all we go down and choose Properties, so that a new window will open in which we must select the tab General."
We will see information related to the file in question, such as the size and date of creation. If we scroll to the bottom area we will see a box with the legend Advanced. We must press it."
A new window will open in which the option Encrypt appears, which we must activate to encrypt the file. Once we activate it, click on Accept in the previous window, at which time a warning regarding file encryption may appear. It warns us that although encrypted, if it is stored in an unencrypted folder, it could be accessible through temporary files created by the editing program."
Once files are encrypted, they will be marked with a lock icon in their preview and will only be accessible to the user that has encrypted them. On another PC, this file will be completely inaccessible
If you have followed these steps and do not see the encryption option, your version of Windows may be the most basic and for therefore you do not have access to this option.
