I handle a lot of sensitive files on a regular basis. Contracts, scans of identification, API keys, financial documents, and others all live somewhere on my devices. Some of them would be inconvenient ...

Mobile devices sometimes get lost. A laptop bag gets left on the bus or train, a smartphone slips out of your pocket, or a USB flash drive falls to the ground unnoticed. Losing a notebook or phone ...

Nobody who values the files on their computer should be without at least two regularly updated methods for backing them up. External drives are perfect for this. You can plug them into your computer, ...

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Facepalm: BitLocker is a full volume encryption feature introduced by Microsoft with Windows Vista. The technology can apparently keep users' data safe thanks to AES and other advanced encryption ...

. External drives are perfect for this. You can plug them into your computer, copy over your precious files, and then stick the drives somewhere safe and, ideally, not near your computer in order to ...