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encryption  

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  • Encryption is the process of protecting information by rendering it unreadable by anyone without the specific knowledge necessary to decipher it. The advent of wide-scale electronic communication, such as with the Internet and e-mail, has brought the government’s desire to control encryption technology into sharp conflict with First Amendment rights. [Source: Encyclopedia of the First Amendment; Encryption]

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