Before encrypted data is sent, both the sender and receiver must have access to the decryption key to translate text between plaintext and ciphertext. The simplicity of having a single private key allows symmetric encryption to happen fast, making it easier to manage large amounts of data. Three common types of encryption algorithms More @Wikipedia
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