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Encryption

Encryption is a process whereby digital information is transformed algorithmically to make it unreadable by anyone lacking the appropriate knowledge (a key).

Crypto-anarchists argue that because encryption has the potential to allow people to carry out secretive deals and transfer funds electronically without much possibility for state surveillance, it will help expand the counter-economy.