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Origin of encrypt 1940–45;
en-1 +
-crypt (abstracted from
cryptic, cryptography, etc.), modeled on
encode
OTHER WORDS FROM encrypt en·cryp·tion, en·cryp·ta·tion, noun
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How to use encrypt in a sentence Zoom claimed these recordings were encrypt ed immediately after a call was completed, but in fact some calls were on Zoom’s servers in unencrypt ed form for as long as 60 days before being transferred to secure storage.
The FBI and other agencies use their purchased GrayKey devices to break into encrypt ed phones without needing the passcode.
It dribbles out in a highly encrypt ed form made possible by quantum entanglement.
Consequently, a core part of any solution considered by publishers is to ensure consumers maintain control of their data and that identifiers used for programmatic buying are encrypt ed for every platform.
All participants in end-to-end encrypt ed calls must use Zoom mobile or desktop software and have end-to-end encrypt ion enabled.
He says device makers also will have to meet a slew of security requirements: Can the device be encrypt ed?
Our systems are far more secure and encrypt ed than anyone else, including Apple.
Using HTTPS, however, changes that, and makes sure your information is protected and encrypt ed as you happily surf across the web.
He was carrying encrypt ed thumb drives through the customs point of a country whose state secrets his partner had helped expose!
There are now several forms of encrypt ed digital currency out there; WikiLeaks suggests Litecoin as another option.
What you can do is find out who is sending way, way more encrypt ed traffic out than everyone else.
All they have to know is that this guy gets way more encrypt ed traffic than his neighbors.
People just don't care enough about their privacy to surf the net through an encrypt ed link.
I could totally believe that she'd want her music service encrypt ed on general principles.
I typed, then encrypt ed it to my public key and mailed it off.
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British Dictionary definitions for encrypt
verb (tr)
to put (a message) into code
to put (computer data) into a coded form
to distort (a television or other signal) so that it cannot be understood without the appropriate decryption equipment
Derived forms of encrypt encrypted , adjective encryption , noun Word Origin for encrypt C20: from en- 1 + crypt, as in crypto-
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Scientific definitions for encrypt
To alter information using a code or mathematical algorithm so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized readers.
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