In ____, a shared secret key is used to encrypt the cleartext as well as decrypt the ciphertext.
A) public key cryptography
B) asymmetric encryption
C) asymmetric cryptography
D) private key cryptography

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Private key cryptography, also known as symmetric encryption, uses the same key to encrypt and decrypt the data. The key is shared between the sender and the receiver, and both parties must have the key to read the message.

In ____, a Shared Secret Key Is Used to Encrypt