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cryptography

[krip-tog-ruh-fee] / krɪpˈtɒg rə fi /
NOUN
Morse code
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As apps and device operating systems migrate to postquantum cryptography, you can make sure you benefit from the upgrades by installing all recommended updates when prompted.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

"It's the foundation of quantum computing, quantum cryptography and even gravitational wave detection."

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

Prime numbers are the key ingredient in cryptography, keeping our communications secure and our cryptocurrency flowing.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2026

He’d grown up in Silicon Valley programming computers and was obsessed with cryptography.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

“When people thought about cryptography, Pearl Harbor or anything else, he was the man that a lot of the government agencies or...the newspapers thought about.”

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




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