# How Public Key Cryptography Really Works | Quanta Magazine

<https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-public-key-cryptography-really-works-20241115/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Easy to read primer on public key crypto. Given how core encryption is I think this is a reasonable thing for most people to understand at a basic level.

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