Everything To Know About Encryption

It’s the tech that keeps your banking login safe

Encryption has been a hot-button topic on the campaign trail this year. Republicans have talked about it. Democrats have debated it. The White House has weighed in on the issue. But to best understand the argument around encryption, you need to know what it actually is.

Practically as old as secrets themselves, encryption — or cryptography, as it’s sometimes called — is a way of scrambling a message to make it unreadable. The Nazis famously jumbled their communications with a device called the Enigma Machine in World War II,but the Allies were eventually able to figure out the code. Today’s best cryptography is advanced enough that it’s impossible for even the world’s greatest code breakers to crack. For the full article click here 

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