Using EncFS to encrypt your files

About EncFS

EncFS is an encrypted filesystem based on FUSE. It transparently encrypts files stored in it and places them on another volume. This is in contrast to block level encrypted filesystems which transparently encrypt the data under the filesystem layer as it is being written to disk. Think of EncFS as a bind mount, except [...]

Fingerprint readers and PC security

How fingerprint readers work
The user sees

You register your fingerprint using the built in reader and it saves it as your password. Next time you go to login you choose your username, swipe your finger and the PC verifies it against the one you scanned last time. If it matches then the computer logs you in.

What [...]