CN Cipher

Privacy is very important, especially when you work on a computer shared with several other people, and you need to take extra measures to make sure your private data remains private.

CN Cipher is one of the utilities that can help you encrypt not only files and folders but also messages, so they cannot be accessed by unauthorized people.

It needs to be emphasized from the beginning that this application is a portable one that does not require installation, and that does not create any new items on your PC.

Moreover, you can simply copy it to a removable flash drive and run it as soon as you connect the device to a computer. This way, you can encrypt your personal files on any PC you might be working on.

When you are looking to protect folders, CN Cipher offers several types of encryption algorithms (although they might not be exactly the ones you would expect from other similar software). On the downside, there is no explanation for each of them, so you can just experiment with them as you see fit.

Nonetheless, you only need to browse to the directory of interest, type a password then choose the encryption type you prefer. You need to keep in mind that some of them might only work on computers running Windows Vista, 7 or later.

Encrypting files does not come with as many options, as you only get to select the document, enter the password and protect it.

Another handy function of CN Cipher is that of strengthening the security of your text messages before sending them to another person. After you typed or pasted the text, you can choose the encryption type you like, and you are done - your message can no longer be read by those who do not know the correct algorithm.

This software solution might strike you as strange at first sight, due to the unusual types of encryption it includes, yet it is effective, and this is what matters in the end.