Xecrets Ez

The want to secure your data is only natural in a day and age where the digital is increasingly more intertwined with the real world. Security across the board is getting better, easier to adopt, but the same can be said about threat actors.

You ideally want to protect all your files, but some are more important than others. In such cases, an encryption tool like Xecrets Ez is a viable choice, as it lets you secure as many of your files as you want, locking them behind a strong cryptographic algorithm for which only you have the key.

In the interest of providing the end user with an accessible solution for encryption, interacting with the program takes minimal effort, making it a suitable introduction to encryption software for the uninitiated.

Set up an account, make sure to remember your password, then drop the files you wish to lock. This will automatically trigger the encryption process, which will also compress them for easier storing. It should be noted that you can set individual encryption passwords for certain files.

There doesn’t seem to be a way to configure encryption or compression settings, however. What you see is what you get, and in this case, it shouldn’t be that big of a deal as the program is still very much solid.

Thanks to the compact, unintrusive interface, the software should address the needs of those who are after a simple, but efficient solution that wastes no time with niceties. The Free version gives you all the tools you need, but I find the Premium Close All function to be among the highlight features.

In short, it facilitates editing or revising encrypted files without requiring you to move them back and forth several times. With this, you can decrypt your files, work on them and make any changes you need, then encrypt them back again, all in just a few clicks.

Xecrets Ez is an accessible piece of software that is very easy to recommend. Though it might be lacking in terms of configurability — in which case, an advanced user may want to look elsewhere — the program is nevertheless a very solid option for those who are after a data encryptor that gives you the essentials to secure your files.