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What happens to encrypted data if it lands in the wrong hands? |
It can be easily read It remains secure and cannot be easily decoded It turns into an image It gets deleted automatically |
It remains secure and cannot be easily decoded |
The correct answer is option 2- It remains secure and cannot be easily decoded. Encryption essentially scrambles the information so as to make its interpretation extremely difficult (almost impossible). Thus, Encryption ensures security of data even if it lands in wrong hands, because the receiver of data will not be able to decode and interpret it. |
