Encryption

Encryption

1. It jumbles up the message that you wrote to someone so other people cant see it and don't know what it actually means

2. You give the person who you want to send it to a hint so they know what the message is.

3. we use encryption when we want to send a message to someone but you want no one else to know what the message actually says

4. To enable BitLocker, go to Control Panel > System and Security > BitLocker Drive Encryption, or do a search for “BitLocker” in Windows 8. In the BitLocker menu, click Turn on BitLocker next to the drive(s) you wish to encrypt.

5. When you receive encrypted text or open short link, do one of the following: Press the "Decipher It" button. Enter the password.

6. firewall

   • it protects your computer from new links that have viruses

7. anti virus software

   • it protects your computer periodically

8. Before giving any information to a website, you should make sure it is secure. Below are some quick tips that you can use to tell if a site is secure. Look at the URL of the website. If it begins with “https” instead of “http” it means the site is secured using an SSL Certificate (the s stands for secure)