Being a computer security enthusiast for the past seven or more years, I have come across a number of interesting and useful technologies and methods for both establishing a personal security culture, and exploiting systems to bypass their security features. A very well-known technology in the former category is PGP, an acronym standing for “Pretty Good Privacy.”
PGP is a public key encryption mechanism which allows for unparalleled encryption-based data security. It is widely thought that if using PGP, given a strong enough passphrase, not even the NSA can crack the encryption and access your confidential information (although they can crack your skull if you don’t give them the passphrase). Continue Reading…