The What and Why's of Encryption

    I'm  writting these articles to raise an awarness and educate people with the basics. After all knowledge is power. In your quest to "Avoid i.d. Theft" you must first become familiar with the very basics. Encryption is a process where files and data are encoded to secure their content.  If i where to type the letter "A" this is only an example, the letter "A" would mean the number 3, and so on and so forth.

     
     


    All things considered, The Linksys routers are not set secured by default. Most people go on to use them this way. Kinda leaving you out there sorta "Naked". Simple password protection, is often overlooked.  One major factor in how well your data is encrypted, is based on the complexity of the algorithm.  Wikipedia refers to it as follows,                                                                 


               Each algorithm is a list of well-defined instructions for completing a task. Starting from an initial state, the instructions describe a computation that proceeds through a well-defined series of successive states, eventually terminating in a final ending state. The transition from one state to the next is not necessarily deterministic; some algorithms, known as randomized algorithms, incorporate randomness.


   Incorporating randomness is "Key" in the data encryption process. The fact is that banks use this method on much larger strands. The more complexed the algorithm, the more secure the data.


   In the event a "Hacker" was successful in retrieving your data it be of no use, without first having a "Key" to decode it! 




   Remember that anytime you send information over the internet it can be viewed by just about anyone who want's to see it.(Scary but true)


   When sending data, it's  first sent to your local network, pretty much everybody in your neighborhood. The data then travels to your Internet service Provider, who by chance "Yes" can view your information. Your data then travels a variety of routes and finaly reaches your (I.S.P) for the intended party. Finaly, the person your information was intended for initially,  recieves it.  In this proccess there are countless number of individuals that can hijack, intercept, and retrieve all your data.  


         
   


It is not until this type of encrytion is implemented that quite honestly i wont really feel safe about, sending crucial data over the net. Though, the funny thing about technology is that while someone is creating a safer platform, remember that theres always someone who 'Will" figure out how to hack it. Good luck guy's, and "Safe Surfing".  Seems the video was removed by you tube if you get a chance, look up photon encryption it's hopefully going to be implemented soon to slow down the pace of identity theft.