--- title: "Why it is necessary to encrypt your whole data" description: "How to encrypt files, how to protect my computer, how to encrypt email as well as cloud security and questions about private Internet access are the b" author: "Karl Sorrel" published: 2019-01-17 updated: 2019-01-18 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43785/why-it-is-necessary-to-encrypt-your-whole-data category: "internet" tags: ["internet"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # Why it is necessary to encrypt your whole data Do you remember that [one day](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84553/why-shubham-gill-becomes-youngest-to-score-200-runs-in-one-day-cricket) someone said such words as “The one who owns the information, owns the world”? Nowadays, this statement can be [considered as](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2050/here-the-facts-due-to-which-india-is-considered-as-a-vishwa-guru) one hundred percent true, especially if to think that any leakage of information leads to huge problems. However, one can say that an honest person has nothing to hide when new publication on the topic of [data security](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/114541/how-does-blockchain-technology-enhance-data-security) appears. Well, do not be so naive, as there is no such thing as safe mail corresponding [as well as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48044/who-won-the-wimbledon-singles-as-well-as-the-world-table-tennis-singles-crown) safe [data transfer](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/102387/how-does-a-network-switch-facilitate-data-transfer) in the modern [digital world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/86606/how-a-company-can-maintain-its-reputation-in-digital-world). Usually, the phrase "I have nothing to hide" is said by the users who think that no one will bother to get into their data because who can be interested in their stuff? Well, reality hurts and [practice](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/99627/is-it-true-that-practice-makes-a-man-perfect) shows that this is not so. ![Why it is necessary to encrypt your whole data](https://www.eltima.com/images/upload/cloudmounter/articles/whdataencr/security_screen1.jpg)\ According to the statistic, the number of computer crimes increases every year. Why does it happen and what are the reasons? Let’s try to figure this out. In most cases, any leakage of information can happen because of wrong access to [someone else](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160828/what-should-i-do-if-i-suspect-someone-else-is-using-my-account-in-mindstick-training)'s computer thus allowing a hacker to obtain confidential information. Read more --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43785/why-it-is-necessary-to-encrypt-your-whole-data Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.