Show pagesourceBack to top Share via Share via... Twitter LinkedIn Telegram Yammer RedditRecent ChangesSend via e-MailPrintPermalinkHelp or get help'd × Table of Contents Types Full Disk Encryption File-based Encryption In-Transit Encryption End-to-end (E2E) Encryption) Software Smartphone iOS Android Encryption Types Full Disk Encryption Encrypts the whole disk of a system. File-based Encryption Encrypts single files. In-Transit Encryption Encrypts communications in-transit, that means while the message is transported. Also named transport encryption. End-to-end (E2E) Encryption) Ensures that messages from one party to another are only viewable by the sender and the recipient, no hop inbetween. You can only decrypt the messages with a private key owned by one of the two parties. Software Name Purpose OS compatibility ecryptfs EncFS GPG (GnuPG) Follows the OpenPGP standard and provides an interface for users to easily encrypt files KeePassXC Password database Windows, Linux, macOS LUKS full disk encryption Linux OpenPGP IETF-approved standard describing encryption technology that uses processes interoperable with PGP PGP A proprietary encryption solution owned by Symantec VeraCrypt (former TrueCrypt) Encrypted Containers Windows, Linux, macOS Smartphone Encrypting your smartphones has gotten fairly easy in the past few years. Some phones even come encrypted by default, which is great. An encrypted phone works no different than a non-encrypted phone, and you won't notice anything weird after setting it up. Encrypting a phone means that if it falls into an attackers hands, they won't be able to read your data, even if somehow someone could bypass the lock screen (not legitimately unlock it). iOS With an Apple device, simply setting up that passcode turns on the encryption. Android Make sure your device is on a charger (it takes some time to encrypt). Settings app Security Encrypt phone Encryption requires your same lock code as the one used on your lock screen. If you have a rooted phone, you can use Cryptfs Password to change the encryption password to something different than your lock code. Last modified: 2019-12-20 14:21