Prior to the computer revolution, cryptography was largely synonymous with encryption. One wishing to keep a message secret would render text unreadable by scrambling the characters in as random a way as possible. What has changed is not the importance of encryption, nor the basic methodology of turning a properly formatted message into gibberish, but rather the sophistication of the encryption algorithms. The application of computers and cutting$-$edge mathematical theory to encryption spawned a new field, cryptography, with its necessary siblings, cryptosystems and cryptanalysis. The question now is$,$ with the codecracking power of today's computers, is the oryptographic revolution coming to an end?

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

Encryption is becoming less important.

Encryption and cryptography are synonymous.

Secrecy will soon be impossible.

New methods must be deveroped to keep secrets$.$

Cryptography will give way to encryption.