Encrypting your important files and folders is a great way to ensure data safety. Microsoft’s EFS tool is simple to use and keeps your files safe in its vault. Encrypted folders are identified by a ...

Google is bringing a subtle yet controversial change to its Chrome web browser. Beginning with Chrome 117, secure HTTPS connections will no longer have a padlock icon next to the URL. Instead, users ...

Kourtnee covers TV streaming services and home entertainment. She previously worked as an entertainment reporter at Showbiz Cheat Sheet, where she wrote about film, television, music, celebrities and ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A new tune icon will replace it later this year to avoid misleading users about how ‘trustworthy’ websites are ...

One of the biggest advances in web security over the last decade or so is the proliferation of secure, encrypted HTTPS connections. Once the purview of shopping and banking sites, HTTPS connections ...

The little lock icon that appears on the Chrome browser’s web address bar may fill you with comfort when you see it. But Google plans on retiring the feature, saying it’s outlived its use. The lock ...

In a nutshell: Google will soon be doing away with a staple of the Internet for Chrome browser users. The familiar padlock icon in the URL bar will be retired later this year in favor of a variant of ...

As part of its security features, web browser Google Chrome uses a special set of symbols that alerts users to a website's validity. Shown in the left corner of the address bar, these icons provide ...