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What is PGP encryption?

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What is PGP encryption?

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Despite its humorous name, Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption is quite a heavyweight in the cryptology industry. And although it stands alongside the heavy encryption used in government communications, PGP encryption is used commercially by most email providers. Created by Phillip Zimmerman in 1991, it follows the Open PGP standard for the encryption and decryption of data. Using public-key cryptography and a specific system created by Zimmerman for the binding to a username or email address, encrypted data can be sent securely through the Internet and decrypted when it reaches its destination. Public-key cryptography is perhaps the reason why PGP encryption is such a success. Here is how it works; let’s say an email is being delivered through the Internet, when it is sent, the message is encrypted into a random jumble of letters and numbers that won’t make sense. It is now a code. And for every code, you’ll need a key that can unlock the message and convert it back to its original f

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