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Mac Bowley, Michael Conterio, Marc Scott, Janina A, and Matt Hogan

Topics Covered

  • A brief look at the history of encryption
  • The encryption and decryption process, and the importance of keys
  • The Caesar and Vigenère Ciphers
  • Symmetric and asymmetric encryption schemes
  • Public key encryption in the real world
  • An introduction to quantum cryptography

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