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decrypt

[dee-kript, dih-] / diˈkrɪpt, dɪ- /


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It then sends the response back to the VPN server, which encrypts it and sends it back to your device for you to decrypt.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2026

In “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks, threat actors are intercepting and storing massive volumes of encrypted data, which they intend to decode as soon as more mature quantum technology becomes available.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

In this case, only the camera owner has the key to decrypt the recordings.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

"It's called harvest now, decrypt later," says Prof Alan Woodward, a cybersecurity expert from Surrey University.

From BBC Nov. 5, 2025

I was struck by the strangeness of that page: Dad could command this science, could decipher its language, decrypt its logic, could bend and twist and squeeze from it the truth.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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