decrypt
Example Sentences
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The immediate risk is a “harvest now, decrypt later” approach by bad actors, who are downloading large sets of encrypted data they can’t crack now—but could unlock once quantum computing algorithms are good enough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
The only person who could decrypt it was the individual.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025
At first, it took Elizebeth eight hours or more to decrypt a simple text.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
