This project is designed to help people keep their personal data secure on their personal computers. If a user has a social security number, picture of driver's license, or client's data stored on their computer(s) then the user's computer become a liability! To protect this data a user must use a strong encryption algorithm along with a strong password to keep this data safe. Data Shield is a user friendly approach to encrypting and decrypting sensitive data on a person's Linux or Windows computer. Please read How to Use.
- On Windows open the terminal and type:
py [file location]/DataShield.py - On Linux open the terminal and type:
python3 [file location]/DataShield.py - The user is asked if they want to encrypt or decrypt data
- User enters either file, or data to be encrypted, or decrypted
- The program will either encrypt, or decrypt the requested data