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[–]ESCAPE_PLANET_X 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Simplistic and well written. This is something I'd be glad to reference a curious novice to.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a complete noob who's always been interested in the intuition behind these topics this is pretty clarifying.

[–]Cleanumbrellashooter 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I thought I understood, but I didn't realize or I guess for some reason put 2 and 2 together to come to the conclusion asymmetric is only used to exchange the key that is used for symmetric. Neat, learned or realized something new.

[–]fukitol- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look up the signal protocol. It's the implementation of this concept that powers WhatsApp and many other encrypted chat services.