Back to Basix (Public Key Encryption)
I'm gonna repurpose this blog just to talk about school-related/topic-related stuff that isn't heavy. Anyways, I'm gonna talk about public key encryption. ---- Basically, public key encryption is the act of encrypting something. (Like a message) with a public key, in which the receiver will decrypt it using their OWN private key. Actually, your browser does it and is basically the foundation of SSL/TLS (the latter is used today), as well as HTTPS. For example, let's say that Faed wants to send Gigi a secret. And Faed wants to make sure the message gets to Gigi without a middleman listening in and getting sensitive stuff. So, Gigi posts a public key on her website. Then, Faed accesses this public key and encrypts her message "I kinda like u <3", using Gigi's public key. When Faed sends the encrypted stuff over, even if a hacker were to get hands on the love message, it would be gibberish without Gigi's private key , which ONLY she possesses. And ...