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Encryption
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Encryption
The coding of sensitive information for transfer online or otherwise electronically. One may encrypt data to prevent anyone other than the intended recipient from accessing it. For example, if one buys a product online and enters credit card information into an electronic form, that information is usually encrypted so hackers and potential identity thieves cannot use it for illicit purposes.
encryption
The manipulation of data to prevent accurate interpretation by all but those for whom the data is intended. Financial institutions use encryption to increase the security of data transmitted via the Internet.
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For Cryptanalysts Only The transmitting agency uses a different mode of encipherment for each of its receiver, and that's one hock of a weakness, for on the same day, at approximately the same time, your agents in Erewhon, Ecalpon, and Wohon, have intercepted three different cipher-texts, which you suspect (correctly) all overlie the same short plain-text message.
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