Encryption – University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

ENCRYPTION

"If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy. Intelligence agencies have access to good cryptographic technology. So do the big arms and drug traffickers. So do defense contractors, oil companies, and other corporate giants. But ordinary people and grassroots political organizations mostly have not had access to affordable military grade public-key cryptographic technology. Until now.

PGP empowers people to take their privacy into their own hands. There's a growing social need for it. That's why I wrote it.",

Phillip Zimmermann, author of encryption software program, PGP [1]

Introduction

Maintaining privacy in our personal communications is something everyone desires. Encryption is a means to achieve that privacy. It was invented for that very purpose. That makes encryption a good idea, right? But encryption, like most things, can be used for good or evil. And the debate over how to harness this powerful tool rages on as people on both sides see that there are no easy answers. .

What is encryption?

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