EP9 - The Unbreakable Lock: Cracking the Code of Digital Encryption

04/10/2025 35 min

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Episode Synopsis

You see a tiny lock icon in your browser and trust it with your most sensitive information, from bank passwords to private messages. But that simple symbol represents one ofthe most profound intellectual breakthroughs of the modern age. How can two strangers on the internet whisper a secret to each other without ever having met to share a code?

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