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Fact or Fiction: Encryption Prevents Digital Eavesdropping


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Encryption

Encryption provides some protection from data snooping, but it's not a seamless fix.

Credit: Travis Goodspeed, via Flickr

Since the dawn of the Web and ubiquitous free e-mail services over the past two decades, the need to secure personal information online has been evident but often ignored.

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