July 4th, 2014, 13:23 GMT · By Ionut Ilascu

 



 

 

 

A simple solution that delivers strong encryption may soon become available from Cryptocat developer Nadim Kobeissi, as an extension for Google Chrome web browser.



The name of the soon-to-be-released browser add-on is miniLock, and according to Wired, it offers an area where files can be dropped for encryption. It works with any type of items, from multimedia files to documents or other types, even if they originate from removable storage devices.



It relies on asymmetric encryption, just like PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), which requires two separate keys, public and private, for locking and unlocking the information. The data is encrypted with the public key (called miniLock ID) and can only be decrypted with a matching private one.



In theory, this type of protection cannot be descrambled even by law enforcement agencies, making it one of the most secure types of encryption.

 

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