Read the following excerpt from Passage 2.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies do not offer indemnity from thieves. Consider the vulnerability of bitcoin exchanges. These are online services that enable the buying and selling of bitcoin and other types of cryptocurrency . . . “And, just like other online companies, they can be hacked.”

What is the BEST meaning of the term indemnity as it is used in the excerpt above?



Acondemnation; criticism
Bidentity; distinctiveness
Cperil; riskiness
Dprotection; security

D) protection; security