Question

Can someone explain what encryption is, SLOWLY, doesn't have to be everything in one day? HELP!!!!

Answer 1

Encryption is the process of encoding messages (or information) in such a way that eavesdroppers or hackers cannot read it, but that authorized parties can.
Basically encrypting something is like locking it up with a password or a program...

Answer 2

How does one do encryption? RSA

Answer 3

google it

Answer 4

I asked someone to help explain please :/

Answer 5

should this not be in the computer science subject section?

Answer 6

Discrete math really

Answer 7

I just don't understand the jump from caesar shifts to public/private key encryption lel

Answer 8

i don't want to get into this nor do can i answer this properly, but you can think of it as a much much more complex algorithm than a simple Caesar shift.

while Caesar is x-3, other encryption algorithms can be (3x - 7)^{(x-2)/3} for example.

this encryption algorithm would probably be very easy to hack. complex ones are probably insane with many variables and recursions.

again i know nothing about this really

Answer 9

@Euler271 , so that's what is probably is, including something about the NP complete problem of factoring primes?

Answer 10

idk what that is, lol.

but i looked it up real quick, and, probably :P