encrypting
- present participle of encrypt.
Example Sentences
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Privacy: A VPN’s raison-d’être: encrypting your traffic to mask your internet browsing from your ISP and prevent it from throttling your connection.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025
Quantum computing has the potential to relatively easily break the global and currently used advanced encryption standard, or AES, which involves the same key being used for both encrypting and decrypting data.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025
In fact, the firm's commitment to encrypting messages is so significant that it previously said it would rather be blocked in the UK than weaken the encryption it uses.
From BBC • May 28, 2024
But the company is encrypting its messaging platform to compete with other secure services that shield users’ content, essentially turning off the lights for investigators.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024
I emailed her, encrypting the message, waiting for a reply.
From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory
