A method of encrypting messages. Today it is one of the most common ways to protect messages on the Internet because it is effective, easy to use, and free. PGP is based on the pulic-key method, which utilises 2 keys -- one is a public key that you disseminate to anyone from whom you want to receive a message. The other is a private key that you use to decrypt messages that you receive.
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