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Protect your travel photos with compression and security

by Sherry on June 25th, 2008

Generally when I travel I take a lot of pictures and they’re either family memories or moments where I feel like playing around with my camera. I keep them on my card until I get home and the image files are enormous so I wouldn’t bother with emailing them.

On the other hand, what if you’re traveling for business and need to take photos of some new products or a new office space? You definitely don’t want to be emailing large photos back to your own office, but on top of the size issue, there’s security. You wouldn’t want competitors to see the photos before they’re released officially.

You can then use PKWARE with their new zip options. The service, in their own words, “offers big business-class security software” for the protection of your travel images. First they compress the files so they’re at a manageable size, but then as a bonus, they also protect them by encrypting them. No one can see the photos until you’re ready to show them off.

If it’s safe enough for 60% of the Fortune 100 companies out there, as well as over 100 government agencies, think of what it can do for you.

Best of all? You can get the service free. All you need to do is head over to securezip.com where you can download their software free of charge. After you’ve installed it, simply run it and take care of the photos for which you’ve traveled so far.

After all, a picture of your chaise lounge by the ocean is probably pretty safe, but not every image is meant for every eye!

Image: sxc.hu

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