feat: improvments on decryption (#33513)

* feat: improvments on decryption * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: wbamberg <[email protected]> * Update index.md Co-authored-by: wbamberg <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: wbamberg <[email protected]>
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-In {{glossary("cryptography")}}, **decryption** is the conversion of {{glossary("ciphertext")}} into {{glossary("Plaintext")}}.
+In {{glossary("cryptography")}}, **decryption** is the conversion of {{glossary("ciphertext")}} into {{glossary("plaintext")}}.
 
-Decryption is a cryptographic primitive: it transforms a ciphertext message into plaintext using a cryptographic algorithm called a {{glossary("cipher")}}. Like encryption, decryption in modern ciphers is performed using a specific algorithm and a secret, called the {{glossary("key")}}. Since the algorithm is often public, the key must stay secret if the encryption stays secure.
+Decryption is an operation which transforms a ciphertext message into plaintext using a cryptographic algorithm called a {{glossary("cipher")}}. Like encryption, decryption in modern ciphers is performed by using a specific algorithm and a secret, called the {{glossary("key")}}.
 
 ![The decryption primitive.](decryption.png)
 
-Decryption is the reverse of {{glossary("encryption")}} and if the key stays secret, decryption without knowing the specific secret, decryption is mathematically hard to perform. How hard depends on the security of the cryptographic algorithm chosen and evolves with the progress of {{glossary("cryptanalysis")}}.
+Decryption is the reverse process of {{glossary("encryption")}} and if the key stays secret, is mathematically hard to perform. How hard it is depends on how secure the cryptographic algorithm is, and that in itself is subject to change as the study of {{glossary("cryptanalysis")}} advances.
 
 ## See also
 
-- [Encryption and Decryption](/en-US/docs/Encryption_and_Decryption)
 - {{glossary("Encryption")}}
 - {{glossary("Cipher")}}
 - {{glossary("Cryptography")}}