Which of the following choices accurately describes how PGP works when encrypting email?

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Which of the following choices accurately describes how PGP works when encrypting email?

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Which of the following choices accurately describes how PGP works when encrypting email?

A. PGP encrypts the message with the recipients public key, then encrypts this key with a random asymmetric key.
B. PGP creates a random asymmetric key that it uses to encrypt the message, then encrypts this key with the recipient's public key
C. PGP creates a random symmetric key that it uses to encrypt the message, then encrypts this key with the recipient's public key
D. PGP encrypts the message with the recipients public key, then encrypts this key with a random symmetric key.
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