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The rise of modern cryptography has furthered the progress and development of the Internet, as powerful encryption algorithms have made possible the transmission of sensitive data, eg. credit card numbers, phone numbers, social security numbers, with minimal fear of useful interception, theft, and other malicious actions. Virtually all Internet sites that deal with financial information, e.g. banks, credit card companies, etc, as well as sites that deal with general personal information like email, use encryption in the ''https'' prefix on their web URL.<ref name="https">[http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid92_gci214006,00.html What is HTTPS?]</ref> This encrypts and protects information transmitted through that web page.
 
The rise of modern cryptography has furthered the progress and development of the Internet, as powerful encryption algorithms have made possible the transmission of sensitive data, eg. credit card numbers, phone numbers, social security numbers, with minimal fear of useful interception, theft, and other malicious actions. Virtually all Internet sites that deal with financial information, e.g. banks, credit card companies, etc, as well as sites that deal with general personal information like email, use encryption in the ''https'' prefix on their web URL.<ref name="https">[http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid92_gci214006,00.html What is HTTPS?]</ref> This encrypts and protects information transmitted through that web page.
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==References==
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
* [[Encryption]]
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* [[Encryption]]: [[Cryptography]]-[[Cryptanalysis]]-[[Cryptology]]-[[Data encryption]]-[[Public-key encryption]]
* [[Cryptanalysis]]
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* [[Unalienable rights]] of the [[Bill of Rights]]: [[First Amendment]], [[Fourth Amendment]], [[Fifth Amendment]]
* [[Cryptology]]
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* [[Right to Privacy]]
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* [[Conservative values]] and [[Libertarian]] [[American values]] of [[Limited government]] and [[liberty]]
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'''Contrast with:'''
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* [[Mass surveillance]] of [[Big government]] [[ObamaCare]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[Nanny state]], leads to [[Police state]]: [[Globalist]]-[[Statist]]-[[Socialist]]-[[Communist]]
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* [[Liberal totalitarianism]]
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==External Links==
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==References==
[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/03.html Kryptos]
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[[Category:Cryptography]]
 
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[[Category:Police State]]
 
[[Category:Police State]]
 
[[Category:Espionage]]
 
[[Category:Espionage]]
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[[Category:Military]]
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==External Links==
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[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/03.html Kryptos]
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