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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

For users familiar with password management and the value of complex passwords, this makes sense. Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel like a password manager. The longer and more complex the encrypted message is, the longer it’ll take to decrypt.

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Types of Encryption, Methods & Use Cases

eSecurity Planet

Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel, like a password manager. The three innovators and MIT patented the RSA algorithm, a proprietary system available through RSA Security until its public release in 2000.