Steven Milbrandt

Encryption Simplified Steven Milbrandt

Are you alarmed by the recent revelations of data collection by big companies like Facebook, Google or Microsoft? Do you wonder what data is being collected about you and how you can protect yourself? If you do, this book is for you! Now you can learn some of the principles behind keeping your personal information private. In this book you will discover the science of cryptography the study of secret writing and the basics behind encryption. Encryption is the scrambling of data so that it is unreadable by a anyone who finds it tries to intercept it. It is used by everyone from large corporations employing thousands of people small businesses employing one or two people. If you thought there's nothing you can do to keep your personal information private in a world where less and less seems to be private then this book for you. You will learn what encryption is and apart its basics in ancient civilizations to its use today. You may think that it's complicated and difficult to understand based on complicated algorithms, but the truth is the underlying principles behind encryption are easy to understand if they are explained in plain and simple terms. That is the foundation of this book. After reading it you will understand the history of cryptography, types of encryption used in the process such as AES and RSA. Most importantly you will learn what simple and free tools available you can you right now sure that your messages your data in your data is kept private. With these surprisingly simple tools, you can scramble your data so that no one can read it. You will learn cryptography's history, its place in the world, how some applications that you probably use everyday rely on encryption, what you can do to secure your data and emails and about some applications you can download for free which will greatly simplify this process for you. Lastly, we will talk about the future of privacy and security. If you want to learn how to become more private and stay that way, you need this book!