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A public key is one of the two keys used on the Public Key Infrastructure; it is widely available to general use by anyone. Information encrypted by the public key can only be decrypted by the private key that corresponds to that public key. As an example, when an individual wants to send a message to someone, the sender uses the receiver's public key to encrypt the message; the receiver then uses their own private key to decrypt and read the message.

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