I've got an external HDD which I want to put my personal files on.
I'm not paranoid about the NSA, I don't have anyone else's data so I don't need to comply with any regulations or anything, just protect myself from identity theft etc.
I'll save a copy of the most important stuff into a 7zip file or whatever on a usb stick to be physically locked away but no doubt I'll end up only doing this very occasionally so reliability is important to me.
I don't want anything that will always be running in the background using lots of resources as if I don't have anything else to do with my computer except encrypt data. I don't like cheap, flashy, natty interfaces either - like the typical gimmicky crap that comes with motherboards for overclocking.
Not sure if I want to go the full-disk encryption route or just individual files. The former has appeal though I might use the drive to swap files with friends/family and they are rather less conscientious computer users so I don't want to be decrypting the whole drive on their computer.
The drive came with Samsung Drive Manager. I also have a Western Digital internal and OCZ SSD, one or both probably offer something to owners. Hopefully there's also some open source free options.
Any recommendations?
I'm not paranoid about the NSA, I don't have anyone else's data so I don't need to comply with any regulations or anything, just protect myself from identity theft etc.
I'll save a copy of the most important stuff into a 7zip file or whatever on a usb stick to be physically locked away but no doubt I'll end up only doing this very occasionally so reliability is important to me.
I don't want anything that will always be running in the background using lots of resources as if I don't have anything else to do with my computer except encrypt data. I don't like cheap, flashy, natty interfaces either - like the typical gimmicky crap that comes with motherboards for overclocking.
Not sure if I want to go the full-disk encryption route or just individual files. The former has appeal though I might use the drive to swap files with friends/family and they are rather less conscientious computer users so I don't want to be decrypting the whole drive on their computer.
The drive came with Samsung Drive Manager. I also have a Western Digital internal and OCZ SSD, one or both probably offer something to owners. Hopefully there's also some open source free options.
Any recommendations?