For your own safety, you should encrypt everything incriminating or private

files, letters, notes, telephone numbers, password, emails, nude girl photos, etc.


To encrypt only a text file, use
https://www.steganos.com/?content=locknote&language=en


Make sure you also delete your trash bin and wipe deleted files. That requires some other software.




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I did a fairly careful study of the subject or encryption.



The safest would be total encryption at boot time, this does exist but is too much trouble.

I use www.truecrypt.org

You need to invent complex passwords that you can remember.

The way is: remember a nice phrase and use the first letters of it.

Il2fAg&Ba.CHitb!
I love 2 fuck Asian girls & Brazilan ass. Club Hombre is the best!

It also has plausible denial, you can basically define 2 passwords, one you can give up when inquired or tortured, and it yields access to some files. The other password gives access to the real files


T r u e C r y p t
Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows XP/2000/2003 and Linux
Main Features:

* Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk.

* Encrypts an entire hard disk partition or a storage device such as USB flash drive.

* Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent.

* Provides two levels of plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password:

1) Hidden volume (steganography – more information may be found here).

2) No TrueCrypt volume can be identified (volumes cannot be distinguished from random data).

* Encryption algorithms: AES-256, Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST5, Serpent, Triple DES, and Twofish.
Mode of operation: LRW (CBC supported as legacy).

concerning Steganos, it says it's for text files, does that include microsoft word files?

Thank BS, I have downloaded truecrypt, I'm not so much worried about the government (as my stuff is all legal) but my family snooping when I'm not around.