Lava lamps are responsible for 10% of all data encryption. Seriously!

Lava lamps are responsible for 10% of all data encryption. Seriously!

A display of colorful lava lamps arranged on shelves against a white background. The lamps vary in colors like pink, blue, green, and red, creating a vibrant and symmetrical pattern across several rows.

Data encryption essentially scrambles information to make it unusable, unless you have the virtual keys to unscramble it. It is a technique that has been used to send secret messages since 600 BC when the Spartans used a wooden rod called a scytale to decipher words inscribed in leather that was wrapped around the stick.