I know that HTTPS helps to ensure security when data is being transferred from A to B, what I don’t understand is why an attacker can’t intercept the data is just decrypt it as HTTPS sounds to me as something “public”, wouldn’t that mean decryption is also publicly accessible?
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One of the most widely used forms of encryption – PGP or Pretty Good Privacy – is 30+ years old. The methodology for using it is well understood and well implemented worldwide.
It hasn’t been broken yet, despite literally thousands of people trying over the years.
Good encryption doesn’t depend on the methodology being secret. It depends on the methodology being sound.
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