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Asymmetric key cryptography is used for all of the following except:
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Steganography
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Asymmetric cryptography is used for encryption (A), access control through digital signatures and certificates (B), and nonrepudiation via digital signatures that prove origin (C). Steganography (D) is about hiding the existence of a message itself, not encrypting it - it's a different field entirely. Steganography can be combined with encryption but is not a use case for asymmetric cryptography itself.