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What does encryption mean?

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Noun
  1. (cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, and/or passwords.
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Take passwords for instance, which are encrypted using a one-way encryption system.
We came across an interesting web page today, full of details on the new 3G encryption algorithms.
Their director of wireless believes that end-to-end authentication could be a greater concern than end-to-end encryption.
Asymmetric encryption relies on two keys that work together as a pair an encryption key and a decryption key.
Keylogging renders encryption moot, as it intercepts everything prior to encryption, as well as the keys used to decrypt things.
Frequency hopping, and radio encryption in general, is a short step away from digital radio.

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