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What is 128-bit encryption and how do I determine my web browsers encryption level?

April 26, 2017browser determine encryption level web

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What is 128-bit encryption and how do I determine my web browsers encryption level?

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Information transmitted over the Internet can be scrambled in such a way that a key is required to unscramble it. Information scrambled with 128-bit encryption technology has well over 339 trillion (2^128) possible key combinations. For the math guru, breaking a 40-bit encryption would take about a week, it would take 72 million weeks (~1.4 million years to even break 56-bit encryption and significantly longer than the age of the universe to crack a 128-bit key.