@emilymshields RSA was developed in 1977. Ironically, a system very much like RSA was developed secretly, in 1973 by English mathematician Clifford Cocks. That system was declassified in 1997. https://t.co/GdmMD4Jdbe
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RSA is public key encryption technology. The acronym stands for Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman. The name is derived from the surnames of the people who invented the widely used encryption technology.