plaintext

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That seems like the right move to me, given the existence of Notepads’ perhaps lesser-known sibling WordPad, which is closer to Microsoft Word than a plaintext editor.

From The Verge • Dec. 7, 2021

“Well, what if your infrastructure gets breached and everyone’s password is published in plaintext to the whole wide world?” asked one Twitter user.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2018

There you have it, in black-and-white plaintext: The pinnacle of Internet justice.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2015

However it means sending a lot of private information, including passwords, in plaintext to Google.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2013

The letters all came from the English alphabet, but the Mounties suspected the plaintext was in Chinese, probably in Cantonese dialect.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield