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The transformation of data, for the purpose of privacy, into an unreadable format until reformatted with a decryption key. Public key encryption utilizes the RSA (which stands for its developers, Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman) encryption key. PGP, or Pretty Good Privacy, is a cryptography program for computer data, email, and voice conversation.

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