Math for Devs - Encryption Essentials

Encryption is something that we use extensively in computer science. It's an indispensable technique in systems connected through a network or those containing sensitive data. But what most people don't know, is that cryptography is essentially math. So when you encrypt a message, you are basically using a mathematical algorithm to hide your message.

History of Encryption

While encryption as a way to secret a message is central to computer science, its roots go much deeper. Ancient civilizations utilized encryption …

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