What is key recovery ?

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Key escrow (also known as a fair cryptosystem) is an
arrangement in which the keys

needed to decrypt encrypted data are held in escrow so
that, under certain

circumstances, an authorized third party may gain access to
those keys.
A key escrow system which relies on a trusted party to
recover a user's

confidential keys for use by law enforcement or national
security agencies acting

under "proper authority".

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