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- 1Padlock analogy explains how public-key encryption works●how can someone send you a private message without your secret key? 🔐 simple. you give them an open padlock, but you kee
An explanation of public-key cryptography is circulating, using a padlock analogy: to receive a private message, you share an open padlock (your public key) while keeping the key (your private key). Anyone can lock a message with the padlock, but only your private key can open it, so intermediaries cannot read it.