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As basically a complete novice in encryption, it was interesting to learn about the unbreakable "one-time pad" method.

"The one-time pad (OTP) is an encryption technique that cannot be cracked, but requires the use of a one-time pre-shared key the same size as, or longer than, the message being sent. In this technique, a plaintext is paired with a random secret key (also referred to as a one-time pad). Then, each bit or character of the plaintext is encrypted by combining it with the corresponding bit or character from the pad using modular addition."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad




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