ve seen some free encryption programs. Are they good?
Most free encryption products are a result of collaborative efforts of various programmers. Although this ensures that the product is feature rich, there is often a lack of standards, documentation is not always available or updated and the product can have numerous unresolved bugs which can defeat the overall purpose of using it. Also, most open source or free products do not provide customer support and the users are dependent upon community members for assistance. This can be a real problem if any immediate assistance is needed. So, the bottom line is this: if you’re semi-technical and not averse to doing your own troubleshooting when problems arise, then many of the open source solutions are great. However, if you’re like most people and just want software that’s easy to use and you’d rather just pick up the phone and speak with a live customer service representative when you need help, then the relatively low cost of paid software is your best bet.
